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sometimes you may need http and for that there is http://neverssl.com http://neverssl.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=neverssl.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=neverssl.com

the_pwner224 6y ago
example.com works with http:// http:// and https:// https://
sillysaurusx 6y ago
Huh. Thanks for this! purple.com used to be my go-to, but it stopped working.
- llacb47 6y ago
  Never heard of anyone using that one before.
- philshem 6y ago
  Now it’s http://isoldpurple.com http://isoldpurple.com
  - sillysaurusx 6y ago
    Hahaha. This made my weekend. Thank you. Was purple.com really that popular of a workaround? I have no idea how I started using it, so now I’m curious how you happened to know about this followup site.
    - philshem 6y ago
      I used to use purple.com to test my internet connection, since it wasn't cached by the browser back then. The site itself is from 1994. It was sold to a mattress company in 2017(?). first snapshot, 1998: https://web.archive.org/web/19981212032124/http://www.purple.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/19981212032124/http://www.purple... later snapshot, 2016: https://web.archive.org/web/20160605121833/http://www.purple.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160605121833/http://www.purple... faq & details of advertising: https://web.archive.org/web/20170608195418/http://www.purple.com/faq.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170608195418/http://www.purple... And before the sale of purple.com, this was the advertising policy: https://web.archive.org/web/20170702020833/http://www.purple.com/availability.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170702020833/http://www.purple...
      - sillysaurusx 6y ago
        How did you find out about isoldpurple.com? Did the site mention the new url? Those FAQ pages are beautiful, by the way. Thank you for digging them up. I love the “to make my life simple” answers.
        philshem 6y ago
        Alas, I don’t remember!
- wutbrodo 6y ago
  I used yahoo for a really long time but, predictably, they fixed their site about a decade late.

sometimes you may need http and for that there is http://neverssl.com http://neverssl.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=neverssl.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=neverssl.com

the_pwner224 6y ago

example.com works with http:// http:// and https:// https://

sillysaurusx 6y ago

Huh. Thanks for this! purple.com used to be my go-to, but it stopped working.

llacb47 6y ago
Never heard of anyone using that one before.
philshem 6y ago
Now it’s http://isoldpurple.com http://isoldpurple.com
- sillysaurusx 6y ago
  Hahaha. This made my weekend. Thank you. Was purple.com really that popular of a workaround? I have no idea how I started using it, so now I’m curious how you happened to know about this followup site.
  - philshem 6y ago
    I used to use purple.com to test my internet connection, since it wasn't cached by the browser back then. The site itself is from 1994. It was sold to a mattress company in 2017(?). first snapshot, 1998: https://web.archive.org/web/19981212032124/http://www.purple.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/19981212032124/http://www.purple... later snapshot, 2016: https://web.archive.org/web/20160605121833/http://www.purple.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160605121833/http://www.purple... faq & details of advertising: https://web.archive.org/web/20170608195418/http://www.purple.com/faq.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170608195418/http://www.purple... And before the sale of purple.com, this was the advertising policy: https://web.archive.org/web/20170702020833/http://www.purple.com/availability.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170702020833/http://www.purple...
    - sillysaurusx 6y ago
      How did you find out about isoldpurple.com? Did the site mention the new url? Those FAQ pages are beautiful, by the way. Thank you for digging them up. I love the “to make my life simple” answers.
      - philshem 6y ago
        Alas, I don’t remember!
wutbrodo 6y ago
I used yahoo for a really long time but, predictably, they fixed their site about a decade late.