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Idk where this changing the url thing started but I really like it.

by katella 3y ago

mulmen 3y ago
CERN circa 1994.
- quickthrower2 3y ago
  Tell me more?
  - mulmen 3y ago
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL
    - quickthrower2 3y ago
      And where does this mention a constant mutation of urls as a mnemonic system as a substitute for a form submission to provide a service in 1-1 correspondence to another service?
      - mulmen 3y ago
        URLs can be manipulated. It’s even encouraged.
        tempaccount420 3y ago
        Really? I thought it was recommended for URLs to stay static, as to not break old links.
        mulmen 3y ago
        URLs can be manipulated by the user. If they’re human-readable we can explore a site without links. Consider something like phpbb. There are thousands of instances in the world, all with similar URLs. You might have some management script or bookmarks that rely on this URL structure and you can just change the domain name to use them on a new site. Ditto for discovering historical blog posts on a wordpress site. Or interacting with a Stack Overflow.
ReactiveJelly 3y ago
It bugs me cause it's kinda true but kinda misleading, I don't know if casual web users realize it's a whole different domain. Sometimes it's not important, sometimes it is.
- katella 3y ago
  Yeah doesn't help that some browsers hide the full url.
Aachen 3y ago
The oldest instance of it that I know is putting something like download before or after the youtube domain. This must have been 2008±2. I very much doubt that's the first instance ever but I wasn't around online in the 90s (aside from on my grandma's machine who didn't know her computer had a web browser, but that wasn't very conscious, just a neutral net (young me) clicking buttons to see the effect)
- theolivenbaum 3y ago
  ss before youtube.com brings you to a download page (i.e. ssyoutubecom)
  - aembleton 3y ago
    Subject: Discontinuation of Service in the Great Britain Blocked in the UK :(
  - KomoD 3y ago
    or youtube5s
osteele 3y ago
It works well with bookmarklets. This swizzles between arxiv.org <-> www.talk2arxiv.org. I've now added it to my Favorites bar, next to arxiv.org/abs <-> arxiv.org/pdf and twitter.org <-> nitter.net. Thanks for the service! javascript:((u,a,b,c)=%3Ewindow.location.href=u.match(a)?u.replace(a,b):u.startsWith(b)?u.replace(b,c):u)(window.location.href,/https:\/\/arxiv\.org\/(abs|pdf)\//,'https://www.talk2arxiv.org/pdf/','https://arxiv.org/pdf/ https://www.talk2arxiv.org/pdf/','https://arxiv.org/pdf/')
tinix 3y ago
nyud.net (coral cdn) was my first experience with this pattern... back from the slashdot days in the 00s.
kordlessagain 3y ago
I use this on mitta.us/ to save pages. Got the idea from saved.io/, which does something similar.

Idk where this changing the url thing started but I really like it.

mulmen 3y ago

CERN circa 1994.

quickthrower2 3y ago
Tell me more?
- mulmen 3y ago
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL
  - quickthrower2 3y ago
    And where does this mention a constant mutation of urls as a mnemonic system as a substitute for a form submission to provide a service in 1-1 correspondence to another service?
    - mulmen 3y ago
      URLs can be manipulated. It’s even encouraged.
      - tempaccount420 3y ago
        Really? I thought it was recommended for URLs to stay static, as to not break old links.
        mulmen 3y ago
        URLs can be manipulated by the user. If they’re human-readable we can explore a site without links. Consider something like phpbb. There are thousands of instances in the world, all with similar URLs. You might have some management script or bookmarks that rely on this URL structure and you can just change the domain name to use them on a new site. Ditto for discovering historical blog posts on a wordpress site. Or interacting with a Stack Overflow.

ReactiveJelly 3y ago

It bugs me cause it's kinda true but kinda misleading, I don't know if casual web users realize it's a whole different domain. Sometimes it's not important, sometimes it is.

katella 3y ago
Yeah doesn't help that some browsers hide the full url.

Aachen 3y ago

The oldest instance of it that I know is putting something like download before or after the youtube domain. This must have been 2008±2. I very much doubt that's the first instance ever but I wasn't around online in the 90s (aside from on my grandma's machine who didn't know her computer had a web browser, but that wasn't very conscious, just a neutral net (young me) clicking buttons to see the effect)

theolivenbaum 3y ago
ss before youtube.com brings you to a download page (i.e. ssyoutubecom)
- aembleton 3y ago
  Subject: Discontinuation of Service in the Great Britain Blocked in the UK :(
- KomoD 3y ago
  or youtube5s

osteele 3y ago

It works well with bookmarklets. This swizzles between arxiv.org <-> www.talk2arxiv.org. I've now added it to my Favorites bar, next to arxiv.org/abs <-> arxiv.org/pdf and twitter.org <-> nitter.net. Thanks for the service! javascript:((u,a,b,c)=%3Ewindow.location.href=u.match(a)?u.replace(a,b):u.startsWith(b)?u.replace(b,c):u)(window.location.href,/https:\/\/arxiv\.org\/(abs|pdf)\//,'https://www.talk2arxiv.org/pdf/','https://arxiv.org/pdf/ https://www.talk2arxiv.org/pdf/','https://arxiv.org/pdf/')

tinix 3y ago

nyud.net (coral cdn) was my first experience with this pattern... back from the slashdot days in the 00s.

kordlessagain 3y ago

I use this on mitta.us/ to save pages. Got the idea from saved.io/, which does something similar.