From f1357266a98dd99a90a3a729fe93ce5484c9b10b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcin Rataj Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 01:21:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] chore: remove mentions of dweb:// URLs This was aspirational, but other systems did not engage on the idea, mostly due to technical and political limitation of a single piece of software having to act as a router. Removing it to reduce cofusion. ipfs:// and ipns:// are the way we do things right now, incl. Brave (https://brave.com/ipfs-support/) --- docs/how-to/address-ipfs-on-web.md | 7 ------- docs/install/ipfs-desktop.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/how-to/address-ipfs-on-web.md b/docs/how-to/address-ipfs-on-web.md index d84ec25fc..14959bf48 100644 --- a/docs/how-to/address-ipfs-on-web.md +++ b/docs/how-to/address-ipfs-on-web.md @@ -287,10 +287,3 @@ Discussions around IPFS addressing have been ongoing since [@jbenet](https://git It provides support for native URLs and will automatically redirect IPFS gateway requests to your local Kubo daemon so that you are not relying on or trusting remote gateways. -### Shared dWeb namespace - -This concept isn't yet built, but may be explored and experimented with in the future. The distributed web community is exploring the idea of a shared `dweb` namespace to remove the complexity of addressing IPFS and other content-addressed protocols. Approaches currently being investigated are: - -- `dweb://` protocol handler ([arewedistributedyet/issues/28](https://github.com/arewedistributedyet/arewedistributedyet/issues/28)) -- `.dweb` special-use top-level domain name ([arewedistributedyet/issues/34](https://github.com/arewedistributedyet/arewedistributedyet/issues/34)) - diff --git a/docs/install/ipfs-desktop.md b/docs/install/ipfs-desktop.md index 2db25c2a5..daaaf5175 100644 --- a/docs/install/ipfs-desktop.md +++ b/docs/install/ipfs-desktop.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ If you already have an IPFS node on your computer, IPFS Desktop will act as a co - **Quick download for CIDs, IPFS paths, and IPNS paths** — choose `Download...` by right-clicking the IPFS icon on your computer's menu bar, paste in a hash, and you're good to go. - **Visualize your IPFS peers worldwide** on a map depicting what nodes you're connected to, where they are, the connections they're using, and more. - **Explore the "Merkle Forest" of IPFS files** with a visualizer that lets you see firsthand how example datasets stored on IPFS — or your own IPFS files — are broken down into content-addressed pieces. -- **OS-wide support for IPFS files and links** (on Mac, Windows, and some Linux flavors) automatically hands off links starting with `ipfs://`, `ipns://` and `dweb:` to be opened in IPFS Desktop. +- **OS-wide support for IPFS files and links** (on Mac, Windows, and some Linux flavors) automatically hands off links starting with `ipfs://` and `ipns://` to be opened in IPFS Desktop. - **CLI Tutor Mode** helps you learn IPFS commands as you go. ### Install instructions