How can I open a link in chrome and take the same link and it works with safari or opera or any other browser?
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In addition to what others say, an internet browser does not directly send you to a website. It first sends your request to what is called a DNS (Domain Name System) server. The DNS is basically a giant list that pairs “normal” website names (ex. “google.com” or “en.wikipedia.org”) with the IP addresses of the computers that hold those websites.
The DNS server receives the link, then returns the IP address, which your computer then connects to. DNS servers are not owned by browser manufacturers, so every browser has to adjust to their way of doing things if they want to function properly as browsers.
In addition to what others say, an internet browser does not directly send you to a website. It first sends your request to what is called a DNS (Domain Name System) server. The DNS is basically a giant list that pairs “normal” website names (ex. “google.com” or “en.wikipedia.org”) with the IP addresses of the computers that hold those websites.
The DNS server receives the link, then returns the IP address, which your computer then connects to. DNS servers are not owned by browser manufacturers, so every browser has to adjust to their way of doing things if they want to function properly as browsers.
There are actually links that most browsers won’t open and the browsers that do open them won’t open most other links. Onion links work only in Tor browsers and Tor browsers only work with onion links.
There are actually links that most browsers won’t open and the browsers that do open them won’t open most other links. Onion links work only in Tor browsers and Tor browsers only work with onion links.
There are actually links that most browsers won’t open and the browsers that do open them won’t open most other links. Onion links work only in Tor browsers and Tor browsers only work with onion links.
It’s the same way you can type a few words and everyone who speaks English knows what you meant.
English is a language with rules and the words have definitions. So anyone who reads English can understand you.
The link is from a language called “HTML” and it has rules and definitions too. Every browser understands HTML, and while they do disagree on some of the fancier definitions of features for core things like links they’ve all agreed for a long time.
That’s sort of like how people from different generations interpret the word “based” differently, but we’re all pretty clear on what “toast” means.
It’s the same way you can type a few words and everyone who speaks English knows what you meant.
English is a language with rules and the words have definitions. So anyone who reads English can understand you.
The link is from a language called “HTML” and it has rules and definitions too. Every browser understands HTML, and while they do disagree on some of the fancier definitions of features for core things like links they’ve all agreed for a long time.
That’s sort of like how people from different generations interpret the word “based” differently, but we’re all pretty clear on what “toast” means.
It’s the same way you can type a few words and everyone who speaks English knows what you meant.
English is a language with rules and the words have definitions. So anyone who reads English can understand you.
The link is from a language called “HTML” and it has rules and definitions too. Every browser understands HTML, and while they do disagree on some of the fancier definitions of features for core things like links they’ve all agreed for a long time.
That’s sort of like how people from different generations interpret the word “based” differently, but we’re all pretty clear on what “toast” means.
Attempting to ELI5 more than the other good answers so far.
A link is like an address on the internet. It’s specifying a location to go to. So going to the same link in different browsers is like putting an address into the GPS on a truck, a car and a motorcycle. Yes the vehicles are very different. But we give GPS coordinates in a standardized way so that when you punch them in to any vehicle’s GPS system, you still get taken to the same place.
Attempting to ELI5 more than the other good answers so far.
A link is like an address on the internet. It’s specifying a location to go to. So going to the same link in different browsers is like putting an address into the GPS on a truck, a car and a motorcycle. Yes the vehicles are very different. But we give GPS coordinates in a standardized way so that when you punch them in to any vehicle’s GPS system, you still get taken to the same place.
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