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[–] vollkorntomate@infosec.pub 43 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Some websites still require you to type www. explicitly.

For example, my university… Try https://tu-darmstadt.de/ and then try https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/

I find that annoying because I’m lazy 😂

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 32 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That's a 5-minute workaround in the server config. Hate it when idiots skip that. I'm no dev, but I've done it many times.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I am a dev, and it makes me think whoever is in charge is extremely incompetent.

[–] oldfart@lemm.ee 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Or old school. Web used to be just one of the provided services. mail.tu-darmstad.de, ftp.tu-darmstad.de, www.tu-darmstad.de, not prioritizing any of them

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

If you're in charge of running a live environment and running it like it's still the 90s, then you're incompetent.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

www is just a host name, totally arbitrary.

I prefer it, so I just redirect HTTP requests my root domain to the www version. I think it makes a ton of sense, since I www is merely one of the many services I host at my domain.