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Yep :) I just find example.com easier to remember and quicker to type than any of the OS or browser makers own URLs like - http://captive.apple.com/ http://cap
by QuantumNomad_ 4mo ago
Yep :) I just find example.com easier to remember and quicker to type than any of the OS or browser makers own URLs like
- http://captive.apple.com/ http://captive.apple.com/
- http://connectivitycheck.gstatic.com/generate_204 http://connectivitycheck.gstatic.com/generate_204
- http://detectportal.brave-http-only.com/ http://detectportal.brave-http-only.com/
Plus, it feels nice to depend on the reserved domain name example.com instead of relying on a domain that any one specific corporation has to maintain :D
- 1f60c 4mo agoAlso http://detectportal.firefox.com http://detectportal.firefox.com. And http://neverssl.com http://neverssl.com was set up for this purpose while being a bit easier to remember :)
- 0l 4mo agoI remember a while back neverssl.com would happily serve HTTPS requests! Another good alternative is http://httpforever.com/ http://httpforever.com/
- xp84 4mo agoWhat gives you confidence example.com won't start serving the HTTPS redirect though? There isn't any reason they wouldn't, and given that browsers are clearly tending towards showing big scary warnings to even accessing something over cleartext, I wouldn't be surprised if they flipped that switch just to avoid confusing noobs.
- QuantumNomad_ 4mo agoTrue, that could happen. If it does do that then I will have to switch over to remembering a different URL instead. But as long as it hasn’t I will keep using http://example.com http://example.com :)