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."
(Score: 2) by sjames on Friday September 14 2018, @01:02AM
Sure it is. For example, sometimes the "mobile" site just isn't working right. It's good that I can see that I am on m.domain.tld and remove the 'm.' to get to a working site. Sometimes a site confuses itself and it's helpful to delete the CGI parameters that seem to be causing the problem, leaving others in place.
How is that supposed to work when the browser hides it all from me? If anything, having all of that swept under the rug means developers will feel free to be less consistent and even to include information in the URL that shouldn't be exposed at all.