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There should be a label telling people they need the protocol first, as soon as I entered I wrote "google.com" and nothing happened, confused me for a bit and t
by AbraKdabra 2y ago
There should be a label telling people they need the protocol first, as soon as I entered I wrote "google.com" and nothing happened, confused me for a bit and thought there was something broken or maybe it was a victim of a HN hug.
- Liftyee 2y agoAgreed. I was about to ask why it didn't seem to work on mobile - that would be it.
- scrps 2y agoSeconded. I made this same mistake.
- hackernewds 2y agoAh I did the same thing. why is it even necessary?
- askl 2y agoIt's not a URL without a protocol.
- Dr_Birdbrain 2y agoI don’t understand. What is needed? I tried Google.com as well, i don’t understand what I need to do
- AbraKdabra 2y ago> There should be a label telling people they need the protocol first You need to put the protocol like I said.
- sparky_z 2y agoTo anybody who's still confused: start your url string with "http:// http://".
- erhaetherth 2y agohttps:// https:// please.
- berkes 2y ago...which is probably why it's required. Otherwise the service would have to presume. Which either excludes http:// http:// or https:// https:// probably the first. I've ran into this when writing an url shortener and decide that without the protocol, I'd just put https:// https:// in there. So that people could still add webcal://, ftp:// ssh:// and http:// http:// in there if they wish.