Hal-5700X@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoFirefox 122.0 releasedwww.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down13
arrow-up1153arrow-down1external-linkFirefox 122.0 releasedwww.mozilla.orgHal-5700X@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarelazynooblet@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoHow did people visit sites using ipv6 addresses before this? Ipv6 has been around for years. Seems like a slow pickup
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 months agoWell, on desktop it worked. So you could do it that way. But on mobile, what you had to do was go to a website like Google, add it as a bookmark, and then edit the bookmark and change the web address from Google to the IPv6 address.
minus-squarelazynooblet@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·10 months agoCrazy. Thanks 👍
How did people visit sites using ipv6 addresses before this? Ipv6 has been around for years. Seems like a slow pickup
Well, on desktop it worked. So you could do it that way. But on mobile, what you had to do was go to a website like Google, add it as a bookmark, and then edit the bookmark and change the web address from Google to the IPv6 address.
Crazy. Thanks 👍