URL Manipulation Debate
Commenters discuss and criticize the manipulation of URLs to encode complex data like JSON or parameters, often lamenting the resulting hideous, long, or tricky-looking URLs while debating best practices for URL design.
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URLs can be manipulated. It’s even encouraged.
Isnt that contrary to the point of urls?
Dear god, no. No more messing with URLs.
I can't tell what you're suggesting about "URL", can you be specific?
Googles pet peeve with URLs in full effect.
Good moves. Glad to see the URI scheme as a visible part of the URL.
That's a horrific url though, any way to 'humanise' that?
Why I specified "fixed URLs", to close that loophole
The gods strip off interesting bits of URLs when you submit it
Sure, that's a totally different scenario than tricky-looking urls.