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on Thursday May 01 2014, @07:37PM
from the now-all-those-URLs-I-memorized-are-worthless dept.
from the now-all-those-URLs-I-memorized-are-worthless dept.
Yesterday, a Canary build of Google Chrome removed something kind of important from the browser: the URL. Basically, it only shows the domain and leaves the rest of the URL bar as a search field.
Allen Pike, a blogger who writes "about technology and crap like that" suggests burying the URL like this will probably have some usability and security benefits. From the article:
More recently, browsers started hiding the URL scheme. http:// was no more, as far as most users were concerned. In iOS 7, Mobile Safari went even further and hid everything about the URL except the domain. With the Chrome "origin chip" change, the URL will move out of the field entirely, to a tidy little button that many users will never even realize is clickable.
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I'm GLAD I remembered to XEROX all my UNDERSHIRTS!!
(Score: 1) by goodie on Thursday May 01 2014, @08:34PM
Yes, let's make sure we dumb it down for users so that facebook, google and other big companies are the only ones which can actually direct you to websites. This is freakin' moronic. Why don't you remove the ads instead, now that would be useful.
But good for security? I really don't think so. If you can't validate the URL you can't tell where you are/are going.
(Score: 1) by NowhereMan on Thursday May 01 2014, @11:36PM
Net Neutrality? We don't need no stinkin' Net Neutrality