Prefer HTTPS and shorter urls

..but only when not taking extra redirects or invalid certificates.

In other words:

"Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler."

Google has proper HTTPS on www and non-www. On both www/non-www, /chrome redirects to a localised version at https://www.google.com/intl/LANG/chrome/browser This url without www is a 503 server error.
Firefox has proper HTTPS on www and non-www. firefox.com and www.firefox.com have an invalid HTTPS certificate (www.mozilla.com) and points to a completely differrent service (something LDAP). On both www/non-www, /firefox redirects to a localised version at https://www.mozilla.org/LANG/firefox/new/
Apple has proper HTTPS on www and non-www, but their non-www redirects to HTTP www.
Opera doesn't have HTTPS. They normalise to www.
Microsoft has proper HTTPS on www. HTTPS on non-www (https://microsoft.com) times out. On both HTTP and HTTPS, all of /windows/internet-explorer, /windows/ie and /ie redirect to a localised version at http://windows.microsoft.com/LANG/internet-explorer/download-ie which has an invalid HTTPS certificate (*.windows.microsoft.com)

Turns out, getting it right.. is hard.

Oh, and for fun, worst case scenario:

From left to right: Google, Mozilla, Apple, Opera, Microsoft.

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