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The change was a welcome QoL improvement in my opinion. Typing a new address or copying the URL of the page I'm on covers ~95% of the use cases where I'm acces
by gundmc 7y ago
The change was a welcome QoL improvement in my opinion.
Typing a new address or copying the URL of the page I'm on covers ~95% of the use cases where I'm accessing the address bar on mobile and the change significantly reduces friction for both. It's exhausting to see every minute move Google/Amazon makes filtered through the HN cynicism lens.
Edit: Talking specifically about the chrome on Android omnibar change. The favicon desktop search change from TFA was awful.
- AJ007 7y agoGoogle has explicitly said they want to get rid of URLs. Here is a story from April 2019: https://www.wired.com/story/google-wants-to-kill-the-url/ https://www.wired.com/story/google-wants-to-kill-the-url/