[reply] Micro pet peeve: URLs that return an HTTP 404/4xx error if you omit the ā€œwww.ā€ part of the hostname. A little bit less annoying pet peev...

Replied to Eugene Alvin Villar šŸ‡µšŸ‡­ (@seav@en.osm.town) (OSM Town | Mapstodon for OpenStreetMap)

Micro pet peeve: URLs that return an HTTP 404/4xx error if you omit the ā€œwww.ā€ part of the hostname.

A little bit less annoying pet peeve: URLs that work with or without the ā€œwww.ā€ part but do not redirect to a canonical hostname.

#linkrot #URLs #URIs #CoolURIs #CoolURLs #HTTP

gov dot ph comes to mind.

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