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I’d guess the number of users that copy and paste a link to share it is statistically is insignificant considering that many modern browsers don’t even display
by wmeredith 7y ago
I’d guess the number of users that copy and paste a link to share it is statistically is insignificant considering that many modern browsers don’t even display URLs in the header anymore.
- giancarlostoro 7y agoAll my Firefox browsers do with the exception of the one on my phone and only cause I changed it to show when I scroll back up to save on screen real estate. Its all configurable. Heck... When people press F11 accidentally they start calling all their kids, nephews and grandkids all scared and confused. Because without that address bar that tech people seem to think normal users dont use they lose their ability to reason about the web. It will wind up similar to the missing start button on Windows. Disclaimer: I worked at a local college and had to support students in CS and other Microsoft Office courses. They lost it whenever Microsoft took away the start button but I would tell people its still on your keyboard... Anyway also saw a lot of F11 people losing it.
- devit 7y agoMobile browser generally have a "share" functionality that can share anything to Facebook or any app that supports that easily, so that's what people would be using rather than copy and paste.
- Mirioron 7y agoI wish I could remove this "share" button. It's unintuitive and a waste of space.
- squiggleblaz 7y agoIt's true the share button is unintuitive, but if you removed anything in a standard phone UI that was unintuitive you'd have about nothing left. Unfortunately, we live in the day and age where designers and marketers feel it is more profitable and fashionable to distinguish between the ingroup and the outgroup, rather than to empower all users.
- bredren 7y agoI think people copy paste links all of the time. Modern link preview cards fed by og tags are a big thing, and interpreted nearly everywhere.