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Hasn’t Safari already been doing this for ages with no issues?

by cdmckay 6y ago

asimpletune 6y ago
No
- jefftk 6y ago
  I just confirmed that desktop Safari has exactly the behavior this post describes. If I visit any Wikipedia page, what I see in the URL bar is "[lock icon] en.wikipedia.org". The path is entirely removed.
  - deleted 6y ago
    [deleted]
  - s_dev 6y ago
    My Safari has the full path 13.1.1 (15609.2.9.1.2)
    - jefftk 6y ago
      Weird! I see: https://i.imgur.com/6r73iFt.png https://i.imgur.com/6r73iFt.png (v13.1.2) Is there any chance you've checked "Preferences > Advanced > Show Full Website Address"?
      - s_dev 6y ago
        Can confirm, it is checked. This does seems like something that should be a user configured option.
  - pehtis 6y ago
    Its an option under Safari/Preferences/Advanced called Show Full Website Address.
Flimm 6y ago
Yes, it has been doing it for ages, both on macOS and iOS.
- mschuster91 6y ago
  Which is the reason why I not use Safari on OS X (additionally, the Safari devtools are atrocious).
- kergonath 6y ago
  Safari does something like this (showing the full url only when you select it), and it can also be disabled in the settings. It does not do anything like obfuscating where the document comes from, like Chrome on Android does to hide the fact that they are serving AMP pages.
drchickensalad 6y ago
This is hacker news, and you're talking about apple.
1f60c 6y ago
The difference is that Google likely has ulterior motives with this change, whereas in Safari, it's purely aesthetic. Edit: I've just tried it in Chrome (enable [0] and [1] or [2]), and it's a disorienting user experience. As a matter of fact, I also just tried it in Safari, where I have similar complaints (but, again, it's easy to disable there). [0]: chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-sometimes-elide-to-registrable-domain [1]: chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-reveal-steady-state-url-path-query-and-ref-on-hover [2]: chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-path-query-and-ref-on-interaction
GrinningFool 6y ago
Yes. They also have ~4-5% browser market share.

Hasn’t Safari already been doing this for ages with no issues?

asimpletune 6y ago

jefftk 6y ago
I just confirmed that desktop Safari has exactly the behavior this post describes. If I visit any Wikipedia page, what I see in the URL bar is "[lock icon] en.wikipedia.org". The path is entirely removed.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- s_dev 6y ago
  My Safari has the full path 13.1.1 (15609.2.9.1.2)
  - jefftk 6y ago
    Weird! I see: https://i.imgur.com/6r73iFt.png https://i.imgur.com/6r73iFt.png (v13.1.2) Is there any chance you've checked "Preferences > Advanced > Show Full Website Address"?
    - s_dev 6y ago
      Can confirm, it is checked. This does seems like something that should be a user configured option.
- pehtis 6y ago
  Its an option under Safari/Preferences/Advanced called Show Full Website Address.

Flimm 6y ago

Yes, it has been doing it for ages, both on macOS and iOS.

mschuster91 6y ago
Which is the reason why I not use Safari on OS X (additionally, the Safari devtools are atrocious).
kergonath 6y ago
Safari does something like this (showing the full url only when you select it), and it can also be disabled in the settings. It does not do anything like obfuscating where the document comes from, like Chrome on Android does to hide the fact that they are serving AMP pages.

drchickensalad 6y ago

This is hacker news, and you're talking about apple.

1f60c 6y ago

The difference is that Google likely has ulterior motives with this change, whereas in Safari, it's purely aesthetic. Edit: I've just tried it in Chrome (enable [0] and [1] or [2]), and it's a disorienting user experience. As a matter of fact, I also just tried it in Safari, where I have similar complaints (but, again, it's easy to disable there). [0]: chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-sometimes-elide-to-registrable-domain [1]: chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-reveal-steady-state-url-path-query-and-ref-on-hover [2]: chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-path-query-and-ref-on-interaction

GrinningFool 6y ago

Yes. They also have ~4-5% browser market share.