You Can Use Newline Characters in URLs, by @lemire:
https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/28/you-can-use-newline-characters-in-urls/
We locate web content using special addresses called URLs. We are all familiar with addresses like https://google.com. Sometimes, URLs can get long and they can become difficult to read. Thus, we might be tempted to format them like so in HTML using newline and tab characters, like so: <a href="https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/21/ how-fast-do-browsers-correct-utf-16-strings/">my blog post</a> It will … Continue reading You can use newline characters in URLs
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Newlines in URLs work · Making long links more readable in HTML https://ilo.im/16b45d
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You can use newline characters in URLs
https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/28/you-can-use-newline-characters-in-urls/
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We locate web content using special addresses called URLs. We are all familiar with addresses like https://google.com. Sometimes, URLs can get long and they can become difficult to read. Thus, we might be tempted to format them like so in HTML using newline and tab characters, like so: <a href="https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/21/ how-fast-do-browsers-correct-utf-16-strings/">my blog post</a> It will … Continue reading You can use newline characters in URLs
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A complete guide to bookmarklets · How browser bookmarks become tiny web tools https://ilo.im/16axbr
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Flickr’s URLs scheme · ”It was a beautiful and predictable scheme.” https://ilo.im/16aq98
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Unsung: Unsung heroes: Flickr’s URLs scheme. “This was incredible and a breath of fresh air. No redundant www. in front or awkward .php at the end. No parameters with their unpleasant ?&= syntax. No % signs partying with hex codes. When you shared these URLs with others, you didn’t have to retouch or delete anything. When Chrome’s address bar started autocompleting them, you knew exactly […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/20/unsung-heroes-flickrs-urls-scheme-unsung/Gadget Review: How a Basic URL Change Exposed Sensitive Epstein Files on DOJ Servers. “A viral internet discovery just exposed the Department of Justice’s digital incompetence in spectacular fashion. Users found they could reportedly change ‘.pdf’ to ‘.mp4’ in URLs from DOJ releases and access different content types.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/19/gadget-review-how-a-basic-url-change-exposed-sensitive-epstein-files-on-doj-servers/
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