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> for a power user, and I think the omnibar is much more appealing to non power users as it's visually simpler, big, and easier to click This is interesting, I
by rurp 6y ago
> for a power user, and I think the omnibar is much more appealing to non power users as it's visually simpler, big, and easier to click
This is interesting, I always figured it was the opposite. Many casual users don't know or care much about the difference between a search bar and a url bar and just want to type something in and get a result. Personally though I prefer having separate search and url fields because the actions are more precise.
On more than a couple occasions I've tried to make a web search in Chrome's url bar that the browser insisted was a nonsensical url. I know there's a flag to enforce one behavior or the other, but I can't ever remember it and honestly don't feel like having to memorize magic words to get basic functionality working.
- soperj 6y agoDo you have a keyboard short cut to get to the search field as well as alt-d to get to the url bar?
- spacehunt 6y agoCtrl-K goes to the search field. It's easy to remember because the shortcut for the URL/Omnibar is more often cited as Ctrl-L.
- AnonHP 6y agoThat’s right. The Alt+d shortcut, that the GP is referring to, to reach the address bar is an old carryover from Internet Explorer.
- sbierwagen 6y agoCtrl+E, same as in Outlook.
- tempestn 6y agoAnother nice thing about having them separate is you can set the search bar to automatically open in a new tab, whereas the main url bar replaces the current page.