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teeuwen 5 days ago [-]
I wonder why they decided to go with the specific language order that the messages appear in on the new page. First English is shown, which makes sense as it’s the most widely spoken language in the world. But then Arabic appears, which has far fewer speakers than e.g. Spanish or Mandarin. French and Russian are also shown before the Spanish message finally shows up. Perhaps I’m reading into the details too much, but this seems somewhat biased to me.
It reminds me of the “Hello” message that appears after (re-)installing iOS, which also cycles through different languages, but there the order is at least randomized iirc.
tecleandor 22 hours ago [-]
I think first one is user's/browser/OS language. First one appearing for me is Spanish.
boston_clone 5 days ago [-]
It may be like how some country listings are implemented: United States / English first, then the rest alphabetically.
This is followed here: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish.
Topfi 12 hours ago [-]
Seems to be an attempt to swap between Latin and other scripts, which if done intentionally, I can appreciate symmetry wise.
gucci-on-fleek 5 days ago [-]
I think that it includes all the official languages of the UN [0], which is about as good as choice as any here.
It does use the same order as the page you link to apart from English coming first, but where does that come from. It strikes me that it is alphabetic order in English if you call Mandarin Chinese.
graypegg 17 hours ago [-]
Maybe stupid to point out on my part, but it HAS to be in a order. There's definitely a version of this that's just "the order we wrote it down" https://xkcd.com/221/
Though I think you're right that it's alphabetical by English name: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish
bashauma 5 days ago [-]
I was sad about not including my language, but at least it comfort me.
N19PEDL2 4 days ago [-]
The choice to include Russian is interesting, given the times.
diebeforei485 5 days ago [-]
The switch to HTTPS means I can no longer use it to check if a public Wi-Fi network is working.
Wowfunhappy 20 hours ago [-]
It's still accessible over http, I just double checked!
> 1. Why does neverssl.com use Javascript to redirect to a random subdomain?
> Over the last year users reported that some networks aggressively cache the fake DNS and pages they use for wifi capture. Neverssl.com now works around this generating a request to a random subdomain - this will bust any DNS cache, and any HTTP cache. It also means that if your browser or ISP caches the Neverssl.com page itself, that's fine.
cubefox 12 hours ago [-]
That doesn't explain why networks aggressively caching a fake DNS is a problem for their website without SSL redirects.
jeffalyanak 17 hours ago [-]
It doesn't do that for me.
moontear 16 hours ago [-]
Always use i for exactly that. Of if the hotspot page on hotels doesn’t pop up.
abrowne 5 days ago [-]
Then they succeeded?
> the domain isn't intended to be a general purpose endpoint for things like availability testing so we do not encourage that kind of usage
cubefox 18 hours ago [-]
Well, perhaps it should be intended to be a general purpose endpoint for things like availability testing?!
Neywiny 3 days ago [-]
I like to use logon.com which for some reason occasionally routes to the login page of a captive portal. Why a method to get back to it hasn't been unified is beyond me. (Cue xkcd on standards)
nilslindemann 5 days ago [-]
The languages switch too fast. Many readers will not have finished reading the text.
ronsor 6 days ago [-]
I didn't know they changed the page until I saw this article. Interesting.
5 days ago [-]
AAAAaccountAAAA 5 days ago [-]
Maybe it could be further optimized, if it did return a plaintext answer, if the user agent is curl or similar.
darkwater 6 days ago [-]
It would also be interesting to see the content of the email initially sent to IANA
It's an example. It should be exemplary, in size and in simplicity.
headz0r 5 days ago [-]
Actually, they get a smaller first response for simple GET-Requests, because the Javascript will not be served. It will only be loaded and served by proper browsers loading the page.
lproven 5 days ago [-]
Ah, OK, fair enough.
ShadowOfThePit 12 hours ago [-]
Check the sources of the classic in devtools. You'll be severely disappointed.
It reminds me of the “Hello” message that appears after (re-)installing iOS, which also cycles through different languages, but there the order is at least randomized iirc.
This is followed here: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish.
[0]: https://www.un.org/
It does use the same order as the page you link to apart from English coming first, but where does that come from. It strikes me that it is alphabetic order in English if you call Mandarin Chinese.
Though I think you're right that it's alphabetical by English name: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish
An https URL. I assume this is some sort of joke.
If it does lead to an HTTPS page, I believe that only happens when your browser tries HTTPS before HTTP (if it tries HTTP at all).
The irony has not gone unnoticed: https://twitter.com/NeverSSL/status/1456310362551164928
> 1. Why does neverssl.com use Javascript to redirect to a random subdomain?
> Over the last year users reported that some networks aggressively cache the fake DNS and pages they use for wifi capture. Neverssl.com now works around this generating a request to a random subdomain - this will bust any DNS cache, and any HTTP cache. It also means that if your browser or ISP caches the Neverssl.com page itself, that's fine.
> the domain isn't intended to be a general purpose endpoint for things like availability testing so we do not encourage that kind of usage
Hi,
I noticed that the content on https://example.com has been updated!
Can you share any context on the changes and who worked on them?
I work at Google - would I be able to share your answer on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@ChromeDevs) or on my own personal social media?
I haven't spoken to my team so just asking in a personal capacity at this point, but maybe it could make a fun video!
Thanks, Oliver
https://modernmotherfuckingwebsite.dreamstation.systems/
Or indeed the classic:
https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/
It's an example. It should be exemplary, in size and in simplicity.
(It's got Google Analytics)