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> A casual user might not even know what a URL is. And this will add a few extra hoops for them to jump through before they learn, so that they'll never have to leave the reassuring embrace of Google's ad trackers. How convenient. :)
That's implying there's an "after they learn" - even without those hoops.
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because it's never significant or useful
> because it's never significant or useful But www.example.com isn't necessarily the same website as example.com.
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I'm curious - why do you want to disable it?
Because I want to use my own DNS server and block ads at the DNS level rather than the browser level. With this move, Google has effectively white listed adsense / adwords to not be blocked regardless of the network settings of the device.
search my.home
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Just to play the devil advocate, removing the url bar gives slightly more room to display the website.
It isn’t removing the url bar. It’s hiding the full address of the website in the URL box. Your screen real estate is exactly the same.
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> because it's never significant or useful But www.example.com isn't necessarily the same website as example.com.
Yeah but would you discover that by looking at the url? In the vast majority of cases it'll be mentally filtered out by the user anyway for the same reason why nobody cares about the http and :// part, they just want to know if it's secured or not.
If I want to be on www.example.com and I'm actually on example.com, then yes I can discover that by looking at the URL.
I'd personally prefer if ot wasn't hidden but after first hamd experiencing non tech savvy family members trying to decipher the query part and some accusing someone of trying to hack them I'm for the change. The whole query string philosophy is such an outdated hack. Today it's just thousands of tracking qieries. What I hate is how poorly they worded when websites use http instead of https. It says "connection not s…
Look pilgrim, that's the standard for you right there. It's called RFC3986.
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> because it's never significant or useful But www.example.com isn't necessarily the same website as example.com.
What's the practical implication of this fact?
As a practical example, the website for my current employer had not configured their "bare" domain. When applying for a job I decided to check out their website, and copied only the "bare" domain and pasted it in my browser. Didn't work, just timed out.
I tried a few times and through "huh, website down for a few days, that sure doesn't look good". Then on a whim I figured I might try the "full" domain, and sure enough that loaded up straight away.
One of the first things I got done when I was hired was to ensure the "bare" domain worked.
While this might be useful for a casual user, hidden URLs are a huge problem for web developers. Asking for a screenshot from client is not enough, now I'll have to provide additional instructions how to copy/paste full URL when reporting issues. Not to mention all possible problems with misconfigured servers when www and www-less domains lead to same website, but some script refuses to work on one of those. While it…
If you're relying on bug reports to find why a page is broken you're in for a bad time because 99% of the time the user isn't going to report anything. They're just going to think your page is broken and stop using it. Use a telemetry and error reporting service like Sentry or Rollbar. These services can strip sensitive data on the client before it gets logged.
I'm against this. But: it's 2020 and still a huge number of people I deal with every day type the name of our product into their search bar and then login at the first site returned. Most don't know the difference between a browser and a specific website. It's all just a big Smush to them apparently.
It's $current_year is never a good excuse. $people not knowing stuff should not mean that everyone should get dumber to match $people.