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Author Topic: Very very short domain names  (Read 22460 times)

Weaver

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Very very short domain names
« on: April 25, 2020, 04:07:03 PM »

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Re: Very very short domain names
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2020, 04:40:37 PM »

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Re: Very very short domain names
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2020, 04:44:45 PM »

Hi

Sorry there is 1 more thing which you could do for free, if you use your own dns local server or your firebrick does domain static, and then create your own domain 1.m 2.m etc where 1.m = modem 1 etc...

Many thanks

John
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Re: Very very short domain names
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2020, 05:41:44 PM »

« Last Edit: April 25, 2020, 05:51:12 PM by Weaver »
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Re: Very very short domain names
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2020, 06:04:41 PM »

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Re: Very very short domain names
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2020, 01:06:22 PM »

You could use a URL shortening service like Bitly or TinyURL.
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Re: Very very short domain names
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2020, 04:18:17 PM »

It annoys me no end that Chrome based browsers always default to search when typing in a hostname with the .lan domain, when they work fine in Firefox.

I believe you can disable search from the URL bar so it ALWAYS tried to load it as a URL, but I imagine that's not what you want either as it then makes searching more awkward.

I wonder if there is some way to add .lan as a known domain to Chrome so it ALWAYS treats those as URLs?  Although from your past comments of wanting secure certificates on everything, that probably wont work either.
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Re: Very very short domain names
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2020, 11:36:46 PM »

Why not create a web page on your your iPad with links to all the common ones you need and make that your home page? Two clicks and no typing!
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Re: Very very short domain names
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2020, 11:43:48 PM »

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Re: Very very short domain names
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2020, 09:26:13 AM »

On Windows if the file name ends html and you create a shortcut to the file it will automatically open in the default browser. Then when the page is open make current page the home page. Can you do something similar?
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Re: Very very short domain names
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2020, 04:01:46 PM »

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Re: Very very short domain names
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2020, 04:06:57 PM »

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Re: Very very short domain names
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2020, 07:13:35 PM »

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