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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 t

• Vinnl 6y ago
  That's implying there's an "after they learn" - even without those hoops.
  • arexxbifs 6y ago
    Knowledge does not guarantee action, but there will be no action without knowledge.
    • Vinnl 6y ago
      It's not unimaginable to me that there will be no knowledge anyway, regardless of whether the URL is shown or not.
• criley2 6y ago
  I mean... not to be contrarian but does the average user need to know a URL? Do I need to know an address to drive my car somewhere? My knowledge that a place exists and I want to go there is sufficient to get me there, without having the physical address memorized. As a power-user I obviously navigate through URL far more than the average user, but I am not convinced that say a 50 year old nurse using my web software needs to ever touch a URL even a single time, or that it would be beneficial to her user experience to even know what it is.
  • sethammons 6y ago
    Maybe a slightly better analogy: with the URL, if you know your address, you can go straight there. With a car/driving, it would be like instant teleportation. Not knowing the URL means using Google search, and not knowing the street address means driving around and seeing a bunch of billboards. Removing the URL bar is like removing the ability to teleport so you can make sure people see the billboards.