[divbzero]

This is a masterful history and a reminder that what we have now is just a quasi-frozen snapshot of evolving solutions. Is there any chance that an alternative (URN? IPFS? Dat?) will gain traction and resolve some of the shortcomings of the URL?

[Agenttin]

When google first moved search to the address bar they started the transition to using page titles as addresses. This is a somewhat sloppy way to go about things, but when I visit this site, I just type "hacker news" not the FQDN.