New TLDs - anyone taking the plunge

[maflynn]

With the new TLDs slowly rolling out, anyone interested in jumping on them, as opposed to the tried and true (.com/.net/etc)?

I snagged a .computer one, nothing really major. I have some ideas of what I want to, and how the new TLDs may aide me in that.

I'm curious as to others feel about them

 

[jtara]

Too bad they simply don't work in Safari...

 

[maflynn]

Too bad they simply don't work in Safari...

I'm not having a problem with them.

 

[jtara]

I'm not having a problem with them.

See this post:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1717286/

I tried the URLs shown there, and they indeed fail in the same way as described.

However, this seems related to the &^%$# combined navigation/search bar.

In fact, the new TLDs work, as long as you remember to prepend http:// to the URL.

I suppose you might also be able to just disable search.

Safari apparently isn't alone on this, and of course results with older browsers will vary:

http://domainincite.com/11673-apple-google-and-microsoft-still-dont-understand-new-tlds

 

[maflynn]

See this post:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1717286/

I tried the URLs shown there, and they indeed fail in the same way as described.

However, this seems related to the &^%$# combined navigation/search bar.

In fact, the new TLDs work, as long as you remember to prepend http:// to the URL.

I suppose you might also be able to just disable search.

Safari apparently isn't alone on this, and of course results with older browsers will vary:

http://domainincite.com/11673-apple-google-and-microsoft-still-dont-understand-new-tlds

I'm aware of that thread, as I posted in there, stating that the url/domain in question correctly resolved for me on OSX and iOS

I'm not saying there's no problems, but this thread is more about who's embracing them, then discussing any problems (which hopefully will be short term).

 

[jtara]

I think this is going exactly where .biz went - nowhere. (Or, a graveyard for spam and low-quality sites.) There is nothing to embrace - unless you want to embrace consumer confusion.