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> Screens are insanely wide these days This is not relevant for URL or search bars since they need to be displayed horizontally. Separate bars means less verti

> Screens are insanely wide these days This is not relevant for URL or search bars since they need to be displayed horizontally. Separate bars means less vertical screen space, which is still scarce.

ebg13 6y ago
> This is not relevant for URL or search bars since they need to be displayed horizontally Need? Has anyone tried?
- deleted 6y ago
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- tasogare 6y ago
  Good luck reading anything in latin script with a one-character wide vertical search bar. This would works for Chinese (that’s the traditional writing orientation) but definitely not for most other languages.
- Arnt 6y ago
  I've seen it, back around 1999, possibly konqueror? Something that let you drag around toolbars and if you moved the address bar to the left/right side it would change the direction of writing. Let's say that testing it briefly was enough. Editing tilted text works up to around 45 degrees, steeper than that is a strain.
elric 6y ago
My search bar is next to my URL bar, both are big enough and it has no impact on vertical space. I don't think I've seen any browsers where the two bars are stacked vertically.
jaxn 6y ago
Insanely wide means that you can have two inputs on the same row without vertical impact. That's how it used to be. (I think the omnibox is the right UI though)
dfox 6y ago
See this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firefox_1.0.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firefox_1.0.png In firefox preferences there still is an option to switch to old layout with two bars. Sadly it does exactly the same thing as adding search bar manually, that is gives you second redundant search bar and does not turn off search support in the original url bar.
- tasogare 6y ago
  Oh yes, I remember that. I don’t miss it at all, save for the annoying behavior of single bar when a search contains dot (e.g. searching for a dotnet namespace). While the single bar is my preference I agree that more choice should be given to the end user. Google is trying to hard to shovel the changes that benefit them than addressing user’s needs (obvious example being AMP).

> Screens are insanely wide these days This is not relevant for URL or search bars since they need to be displayed horizontally. Separate bars means less vertical screen space, which is still scarce.

ebg13 6y ago

> This is not relevant for URL or search bars since they need to be displayed horizontally Need? Has anyone tried?

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tasogare 6y ago
Good luck reading anything in latin script with a one-character wide vertical search bar. This would works for Chinese (that’s the traditional writing orientation) but definitely not for most other languages.
Arnt 6y ago
I've seen it, back around 1999, possibly konqueror? Something that let you drag around toolbars and if you moved the address bar to the left/right side it would change the direction of writing. Let's say that testing it briefly was enough. Editing tilted text works up to around 45 degrees, steeper than that is a strain.

elric 6y ago

My search bar is next to my URL bar, both are big enough and it has no impact on vertical space. I don't think I've seen any browsers where the two bars are stacked vertically.

jaxn 6y ago

Insanely wide means that you can have two inputs on the same row without vertical impact. That's how it used to be. (I think the omnibox is the right UI though)

dfox 6y ago

See this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firefox_1.0.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firefox_1.0.png In firefox preferences there still is an option to switch to old layout with two bars. Sadly it does exactly the same thing as adding search bar manually, that is gives you second redundant search bar and does not turn off search support in the original url bar.

tasogare 6y ago
Oh yes, I remember that. I don’t miss it at all, save for the annoying behavior of single bar when a search contains dot (e.g. searching for a dotnet namespace). While the single bar is my preference I agree that more choice should be given to the end user. Google is trying to hard to shovel the changes that benefit them than addressing user’s needs (obvious example being AMP).