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Shorter: ftp://1 Anyone knows a shorter protocol name that is widely supported/known?

• Nextgrid 4y ago
  I think on Windows machines you can use `\\` to access a machine via SMB, so `\\1` would be the shortest if you're happy with Windows-only.
  • easrng 4y ago
    //1 turns into file:///1 everywhere AFAIK
    • zzo38computer 4y ago
      But "//1" is not a full URL, and any URL with "file:" is not "on the Internet".
      • easrng 4y ago
        //1 is a full (relative) url
• vesinisa 4y ago
  Both Chrome and Firefox have actually recently removed support for ftp:// for security reasons.
  • zzo38computer 4y ago
    It may be, but that does not disqualify it being "shortest URLs on the internet", I think. However, maybe it should not count if there is not a FTP server at that address, though.
• megous 4y ago
  ws://1
  • Aachen 4y ago
    Sounds like a winner to me! The Windows share path isn't a URL per the spec and this would be, afaik.