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Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addresses on Chrome 86

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Re: Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addresses on Chrome 86

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Post by kergonath »

asimpletune wrote: post #26
smlckz wrote: post #9

Sigh. Now browsers are as powerful as OSes. Why do you need OSes? Address bars? People don't need them. Google should tell you which website you're visiting is good or which is bad if they hide the address bar.

I’m not sure why this is being downvoted, this is an accurate albeit sardonic description of what’s happening. People don’t want to visit AMP sites, they want to visit the site that’s the original source for their news, etc...

The premise “browsers are as powerful as OSes” is dubious.

“Why do you need OSes” is something I would expect from someone who does not know how a computer works.

Whilst they should probably be tweaked, address bars are central to the web as it is currently.

Google should stay as far as possible from me and has no business telling me it approves of the sites I am browsing.

I did not downvote the post, but there is no sentence in it that does not make me regret having read it.

Re: Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addresses on Chrome 86

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Post by revnode »

Santosh83 wrote: post #47

Vote with your choices (use a different browser). That's the only way to address such behaviour. Yes, I know the 95% out there who don't even know what a browser is but only know Chrome's icon gives access to the web won't understand any of this and they will continue giving mega-corporations a critical mass of unquestioning users to be used, but we have no other options. We either express our voices, no matter if th…

> Vote with your choices (use a different browser).

You almost don't even have to. Microsoft's Edge is basically a rebranded Chrome with all of the Google stuff stripped out. You can keep using the same extensions, etc.

Re: Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addresses on Chrome 86

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Post by s_dev »

jefftk wrote: post #40
asimpletune wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No

I just confirmed that desktop Safari has exactly the behavior this post describes. If I visit any Wikipedia page, what I see in the URL bar is "[lock icon] en.wikipedia.org". The path is entirely removed.

My Safari has the full path

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Re: Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addresses on Chrome 86

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Post by davidmurdoch »

Jake Archibald (a Googler) presents some decent points on this on the HTTP 203 podcast: https://youtu.be/0-wB1VY3Nrc

I still don't agree with the removal of URLs, but I do still recommend watching the entire video if you want to get more perspective on the issue (beyond just the conspiracy theories about AMP and control).

Re: Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addresses on Chrome 86

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Post by throwaway6288 »

This is why we should jump over to Firefox. Today! And by us I mean we who know that this is a bad idea. Mozilla is suffering and this is our last chance to not let Google and chrome have total dominance over the web. Mozilla copies Chrome a lot, but they need more market share to be able to get a say here and take the point of us power users.

I have been using and contributed to Firefox for years, and it is a great browser!

Come on, we know better! Use Firefox or watch Google destroy the open web. It's up to us!

Mozilla has flaws, yes, but this is important! That technical users continue to use Chrome is beyond me.

Re: Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addresses on Chrome 86

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Post by filleduchaos »

Santosh83 wrote: post #47

Vote with your choices (use a different browser). That's the only way to address such behaviour. Yes, I know the 95% out there who don't even know what a browser is but only know Chrome's icon gives access to the web won't understand any of this and they will continue giving mega-corporations a critical mass of unquestioning users to be used, but we have no other options. We either express our voices, no matter if th…

> Yes, I know the 95% out there who don't even know what a browser is but only know Chrome's icon gives access to the web won't understand any of this

I find it fascinating how some people in tech bubbles think everyone else is a stupid sheep who can't possibly understand such incredibly complex concepts like what a "browser" is.

Re: Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addresses on Chrome 86

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Post by brianush1 »

Hamuko wrote: post #22
amiga-workbench wrote: post #10

A nice side effect for them is that it makes it less obvious you are viewing an AMP site.

Do they not have those AMP sites that are under a Google domain anymore?

They hide the fact that it's a Google domain in Chrome.

Re: Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addresses on Chrome 86

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Post by pehtis »

jefftk wrote: post #40
asimpletune wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No

I just confirmed that desktop Safari has exactly the behavior this post describes. If I visit any Wikipedia page, what I see in the URL bar is "[lock icon] en.wikipedia.org". The path is entirely removed.

Its an option under Safari/Preferences/Advanced called Show Full Website Address.
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