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Google Slammed for Chrome Change that Strips "www." and "m." from Domain Names

posted by martyb on Thursday September 13 2018, @01:58AM   
from the please-stop-"helping" dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Google Chrome developers advised they would wait until Fall or Spring to disclose how they would "kill" URLs, but it appears the endeavor has already begun: users have found that the latest build, Chrome 69, hides the "WWW" and "M" subdomains in the address bar. Bleeping Computer has instructions on how to restore what Google insists is "trivial."

Source: https://www.hardocp.com/news/2018/09/09/google_slammed_for_chrome_change_that_strips_out_www_from_domains/

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• Sensory deprivation, that's the problem here Sensory deprivation, that's the problem here (Score: 3, Funny) by fyngyrz on Thursday September 13 2018, @02:05PM (1 child)

  by fyngyrz (6567) on Thursday September 13 2018, @02:05PM (#734241) Journal

  Have you thought about putting giant pictures with each article?

  No, no. Videos. Huge videos that auto-play. That is how you touch the hearts of the masses. That, and pop-ups and pop-unders. Oh, those sweet, sweet windows everywhere.

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• Re:Sensory deprivation, that's the problem here (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Thursday September 13 2018, @03:01PM

  by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Thursday September 13 2018, @03:01PM (#734276) Journal

  Don't forget an auto-playing MIDI file as well!

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  This sig for rent.

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