Google has tried on and off for years to hide full URLs in Chrome's address bar, because apparently long web addresses are scary and evil. Despite the public backlash that came after every previous attempt, Google is pressing on with new plans to hide all parts of web addresses except the domain name.
A few new feature flags have appeared in Chrome's Dev and Canary channels (V85), which modify the appearance and behavior of web addresses in the address bar. The main flag is called "Omnibox UI Hide Steady-State URL Path, Query, and Ref" which hides everything in the current web address except the domain name. For example, "https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/06/07/lenovo-ideapad-flex-5-chromebook-review/" is simply displayed as "androidpolice.com."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @02:28PM
How will you know you are seeing the actual web page, and not just a cached version with the urlbar showing the site domain?
Or will there be a urlbar? Maybe there will just be an information line embedded in the title bar.
Want to open a new web site using the URL? Sure. Go Cogwheel > Actions > Retro > Open direct > Url and paste it in, which will do a google search for what you are looking for. Showing the "domain.com" in the title of the "web browser".
What a lovely garden that will be with high walls and pretty curated flowers.