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Tried it out, there are some problems with handling local hostnames. Tried visiting my localhost webserver but have to specify http:// http:// every time, even

by hultner 12y ago

Tried it out, there are some problems with handling local hostnames. Tried visiting my localhost webserver but have to specify http:// http:// every time, even if I'm already on the site and just append something to the url it'll redirect me to google unless I first prepend http:// http://. It's rather annoying considering I only edited the already loaded URL. It's easily a deal breaker from a developer stance point.

semperfaux 12y ago
If it's actively removing the http:// http:// when you type it yourself, yes, I can see that. But then from a developer standpoint it only makes so much sense to develop using a browser with basically zero market share.
- laumars 12y ago
  It's still just Blink under the hood. So the market share point is pretty moot at this point. Maybe as matures it will introduce it's own rendering features and then your point will have more credence.
xrstf 12y ago
Similar things happen in Chrome. This is why I jumped the shark and simply use fake domains with actual TLDs for local development stuff, e.g. "myproject.ninja" or "something.gg". With the advent of all those new TLDs, there should be one for you as well to designate as "this points to localhost". ;-)
- hultner 12y ago
  I've had similar things happen in Chrome but in no way as intrusive and obnoxious, let say in Chrome if I change an existing url in the urlbar of localhost I'm taken to the correct site and not redirected to the google launch page.
- Already__Taken 12y ago
  The only trick I've had to do with chrome is use an ending slash `/` like `devserver/` and it tries that hostname and doesn't search for it.
- thejosh 12y ago
  Same, but I went and bought companyname.st , so that way it's just a six letter domain dot st, and wildcard map DNS to developers internal IPs.
- daxelrod 12y ago
  There's .local [1] which is reserved for link-local domain names by RFC 6762. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local [2]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762

by hultner 12y ago

semperfaux 12y ago

If it's actively removing the http:// http:// when you type it yourself, yes, I can see that. But then from a developer standpoint it only makes so much sense to develop using a browser with basically zero market share.

laumars 12y ago
It's still just Blink under the hood. So the market share point is pretty moot at this point. Maybe as matures it will introduce it's own rendering features and then your point will have more credence.

xrstf 12y ago

Similar things happen in Chrome. This is why I jumped the shark and simply use fake domains with actual TLDs for local development stuff, e.g. "myproject.ninja" or "something.gg". With the advent of all those new TLDs, there should be one for you as well to designate as "this points to localhost". ;-)

hultner 12y ago
I've had similar things happen in Chrome but in no way as intrusive and obnoxious, let say in Chrome if I change an existing url in the urlbar of localhost I'm taken to the correct site and not redirected to the google launch page.
Already__Taken 12y ago
The only trick I've had to do with chrome is use an ending slash `/` like `devserver/` and it tries that hostname and doesn't search for it.
thejosh 12y ago
Same, but I went and bought companyname.st , so that way it's just a six letter domain dot st, and wildcard map DNS to developers internal IPs.
daxelrod 12y ago
There's .local [1] which is reserved for link-local domain names by RFC 6762. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local [2]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762