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This is so unfriendly to users. I don't understand the push to obscure URLs. They are sometimes hiding the URLs in search results also which is infuriating. One

This is so unfriendly to users. I don't understand the push to obscure URLs. They are sometimes hiding the URLs in search results also which is infuriating. One more reason to use DuckDuckGo.

dannyw 6y ago
The push is to get you to stay at Google. They are hurting real bad because people are typing "amazon.com" searching for shopping queries on Amazon now instead of Google; Google hates that. Google wants to be the gatekeeper of the internet. It wants to be the middleman between everything you do online. Might you be using Google Chrome right now? Or Android? ;0
drawkbox 6y ago
Another thing that is extremely annoying is the hiding of urls in Chrome. Hiding the protocol and the rest of the url besides the domain. When you go to click up in the url/address bar to change a section of the site the protocol re-appears and messes you up. Or when you click in on some mobile and the whole url disappears and you just wanted to change part of the url. Yes Google there are still people that want hackable urls, I remember when that was something they pushed, clean urls that make sense so you can type in where you are going. AMP might be the thing that actually brings anti-trust, so not needed and very anti-competitive using their monopoly position to stifle competition and innovation rather than extend innovation and compete on product. Google should reward fast sites not band-aid it with an anti-competitive AMP. AMP also creates lots more work for content companies and it is only useful for Google. Essentially content companies are doing Google's work for them. McKinsey and the management consultants have taken over large swaths of Google with stuff like this and AMP. Here's hoping some pirate product people/engineers put up a flag and start returning to product over management metrics.
- umaar 6y ago
  Yeah the hiding of the protocol in the URL was a pain to deal with. I updated Chrome today and looks like there's a way to turn this off: 1. Enable chrome://flags/#omnibox-context-menu-show-full-urls 2. Right click the address bar 3. Select 'Always show full URLs' Instead of seeing: news.ycombinator.com You'll now see: https://news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com I made a Tell HN post about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23322705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23322705
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  - drawkbox 6y ago
    Looks like they finally added it back in to version 83 of Chrome with the flag and then setting, it was originally removed in version 70. The long dark days of url shrouding and obscuring are over. We won the battle.

This is so unfriendly to users. I don't understand the push to obscure URLs. They are sometimes hiding the URLs in search results also which is infuriating. One more reason to use DuckDuckGo.

dannyw 6y ago

The push is to get you to stay at Google. They are hurting real bad because people are typing "amazon.com" searching for shopping queries on Amazon now instead of Google; Google hates that. Google wants to be the gatekeeper of the internet. It wants to be the middleman between everything you do online. Might you be using Google Chrome right now? Or Android? ;0

drawkbox 6y ago

Another thing that is extremely annoying is the hiding of urls in Chrome. Hiding the protocol and the rest of the url besides the domain. When you go to click up in the url/address bar to change a section of the site the protocol re-appears and messes you up. Or when you click in on some mobile and the whole url disappears and you just wanted to change part of the url. Yes Google there are still people that want hackable urls, I remember when that was something they pushed, clean urls that make sense so you can type in where you are going. AMP might be the thing that actually brings anti-trust, so not needed and very anti-competitive using their monopoly position to stifle competition and innovation rather than extend innovation and compete on product. Google should reward fast sites not band-aid it with an anti-competitive AMP. AMP also creates lots more work for content companies and it is only useful for Google. Essentially content companies are doing Google's work for them. McKinsey and the management consultants have taken over large swaths of Google with stuff like this and AMP. Here's hoping some pirate product people/engineers put up a flag and start returning to product over management metrics.

umaar 6y ago
Yeah the hiding of the protocol in the URL was a pain to deal with. I updated Chrome today and looks like there's a way to turn this off: 1. Enable chrome://flags/#omnibox-context-menu-show-full-urls 2. Right click the address bar 3. Select 'Always show full URLs' Instead of seeing: news.ycombinator.com You'll now see: https://news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com I made a Tell HN post about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23322705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23322705
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- drawkbox 6y ago
  Looks like they finally added it back in to version 83 of Chrome with the flag and then setting, it was originally removed in version 70. The long dark days of url shrouding and obscuring are over. We won the battle.