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I wonder how much "HTML non-compliance" is lack of education and how much dark patterns. Remember the time clean URLs were a thing? Don't tell me Facebook engin

I wonder how much "HTML non-compliance" is lack of education and how much dark patterns. Remember the time clean URLs were a thing? Don't tell me Facebook engineers haven't heard about it. https://m.facebook.com/events/2805322196445083/?event_time_id=2811694019141234&acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22permalink%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22child_time_series%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A[]%7D]%22%7D&ref=page_internal https://m.facebook.com/events/2805322196445083/?event_time_i... Like seriously. It's almost like someone learned HTML/HTTP best practices, then did the exact opposite.

MaxBarraclough 5y ago
Somewhat off topic: I thought perhaps you meant cool URIs but it turns out that's a different term. Cool URIs are about permanence. Reworking your internal file-structure should not break existing URIs. [0] Clean URLs are about avoiding leaking implementation details into the URL, e.g. .php, and also avoiding excessive use of query strings. [1] [0] https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_URL#Structure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_URL#Structure