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As a developer I'm annoyed every time I enter "defined.in.hosts.file" in the address bar and Chrome does not believe this is a url but performs a search instead

As a developer I'm annoyed every time I enter "defined.in.hosts.file" in the address bar and Chrome does not believe this is a url but performs a search instead. Yes, I can define anything as a valid domain in hosts and yes that website exists on my computer.

Houshalter 9y ago
That's weird. Any time I search for anything in chrome that doesn't contain a space, it asks me "Did you mean to go to http://x http://x ?"
- d2p 9y ago
  It does a DNS lookup and if it's a valid domain shows you this. If you see it for complete nonsense, then it's possible your ISP is doing DNS Hijacking like mine! Eg. if I type "cheese", it shows "Did you mean to go to http://cheese/" http://cheese/"? If I click that link I get TalkTalk's "Error Replacement Service" full of ads (or at least I did, till I switched to Google DNS because TalkTalk's "opt-out" system has been conveniently broken for years)!
  - Houshalter 9y ago
    Ah, that explains that. I always found that feature annoying, I didn't know it was because my ISP misbehaving. I always get a century link search page when I typo urls.
    - d2p 9y ago
      Yeah, that'll be it. There's some info on all the stuff it breaks here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_hijacking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_hijacking The new Google "did you mean to go to ?" nonsense is something else to add to that link! My ISP (TalkTalk) claims to have an opt-out page but the forums suggest it's been broken for years, and today it is a 404. I have an open issue with the CEOs office to opt me out manually but they've been pretty useless so far.
d2p 9y ago
If you add a slash to the end, it'll always treat it as a domain. eg. "cheese/". I did see someone from Google ask if it'd be useful if after the first time, when Google knows it's a valid domain, it should just go there directly (even without the slash). Everyone said yes, but it doesn't seem like it was ever implemented!

Houshalter 9y ago

That's weird. Any time I search for anything in chrome that doesn't contain a space, it asks me "Did you mean to go to http://x http://x ?"

d2p 9y ago
It does a DNS lookup and if it's a valid domain shows you this. If you see it for complete nonsense, then it's possible your ISP is doing DNS Hijacking like mine! Eg. if I type "cheese", it shows "Did you mean to go to http://cheese/" http://cheese/"? If I click that link I get TalkTalk's "Error Replacement Service" full of ads (or at least I did, till I switched to Google DNS because TalkTalk's "opt-out" system has been conveniently broken for years)!
- Houshalter 9y ago
  Ah, that explains that. I always found that feature annoying, I didn't know it was because my ISP misbehaving. I always get a century link search page when I typo urls.
  - d2p 9y ago
    Yeah, that'll be it. There's some info on all the stuff it breaks here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_hijacking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_hijacking The new Google "did you mean to go to ?" nonsense is something else to add to that link! My ISP (TalkTalk) claims to have an opt-out page but the forums suggest it's been broken for years, and today it is a 404. I have an open issue with the CEOs office to opt me out manually but they've been pretty useless so far.

d2p 9y ago

If you add a slash to the end, it'll always treat it as a domain. eg. "cheese/". I did see someone from Google ask if it'd be useful if after the first time, when Google knows it's a valid domain, it should just go there directly (even without the slash). Everyone said yes, but it doesn't seem like it was ever implemented!