On: Proposed top-level domain string for private use: ".internal"

[Mountain_Skies]

And is nine characters long, which is cumbersome for those using it in an IOT context where data entry is often not straightforward.

[loktarogar → Mountain_Skies]

so, exactly the same as .internal

[eqvinox → loktarogar]

You didn't quite count that right with the dots ;)

[fastball → Mountain_Skies]

Huh?

[Filligree → fastball]

Typing it on your TV with a laggy UI where you can only select letters using arrow keys. Which only work half the time, and also it isn’t QWERTY.

[globular-toast → Filligree]

It's so sad this is still necessary. We've had service discovery via avahi/zeroconf for years. Why does it seem like uPNP has been and gone? It shouldn't be necessary to type hostnames any more.