Comment by raffraffraff

While it's possible to write an ipv4 address in a bunch of different ways (it's just a number, right?) nobody does it because ipv4 standard notation is easy to remember. Ipv6 is not, and none of these attempts to simplify it really work because they change the "format". I understand it and you understand it, but the point here is that it's unfriendly to anyone who isn't familiar with it.