> The URL box and the search box have been merged in just about every current browser in some form or the other already. To most people, they're actually the sa

> The URL box and the search box have been merged in just about every current browser in some form or the other already. To most people, they're actually the same thing. The semantics are different though. Type in 'books.com' in your URL bar. Type in 'books.com' in the Google search box. Not the same. The former is disappearing.