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Too bad that seems like only an external reference method, and the site never uses those URLs internally.
by smackfu 14y ago
Too bad that seems like only an external reference method, and the site never uses those URLs internally.
- masnick 14y agoYeah, I want to know what they're doing internally with these insane URLs. It's just ugly -- poor craftsmanship IMHO.
- mseebach 14y agoYeah, nothing screams good craftsmanship like armchair-quarterbacking someone else's work that clearly works well. FWIW, it seems to be some sort of encoded state, essentially HATEOS.
- smackfu 14y agoWorks well? "Oh you want the URL of your LinkedIn Profile? Don't use the URL in the address bar, silly! Use this other URL we are providing randomly down the page."
- mseebach 14y agoI was referring to the URL-scheme of the LinkedIn app in general, not just the profile page - I somehow missed that this subthread was only about the profile page. Yes, I agree they dropped the ball completely on that. Especially tragic as they could fix the 80% case with a front-end one-liner (window.history.replaceState).