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 (enabl

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