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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   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Friday September 14 2018, @01:08AM (2 children)

    by sjames (2882) on Friday September 14 2018, @01:08AM (#734614) Journal

    The last time I tried to build a browser, the exact instructions provided resulted in a compiler error. Some undocumented requirement wasn't being met since my system wasn't exactly the same as the official build system and some incidental dependency was obviously being taken for granted. What wasn't clear was where in the many thousands of lines of output (if anywhare) the missing bit was actually called out.

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  • (Score: 1) by Arik on Friday September 14 2018, @01:46AM (1 child)

    by Arik (4543) on Friday September 14 2018, @01:46AM (#734639) Journal
    So you never figured out what you did wrong?
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    • (Score: 3, Informative) by sjames on Friday September 14 2018, @02:01AM

      by sjames (2882) on Friday September 14 2018, @02:01AM (#734648) Journal

      I had other responsibilities.