Hal-5700X@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoFirefox 122.0 releasedwww.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down13
arrow-up1150arrow-down1external-linkFirefox 122.0 releasedwww.mozilla.orgHal-5700X@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarelazynooblet@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-29 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-up11·9 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-up8arrow-down1·9 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 👍