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This. I understand why some people don't know (or care about) the difference between the search box and the address bar, but why engineers accept the merged inp
by trulyme 6y ago
This. I understand why some people don't know (or care about) the difference between the search box and the address bar, but why engineers accept the merged input is beyond me.
- TylerE 6y agoBecause it saves, on the aggregate, keystrokes. For something you do dozens of times a day even a tiny gain adds up over time.
- somehnguy 6y agoI was going to argue that it doesn't save keystrokes when I frequently have to go back and fix the bad guess. But then I realized that you're right - the time saved over the years when I actually do want to Google a specific term likely *far* exceeds the time I've spent fixing the bad guesses. I guess I'll just accept the flaws that come with it.
- ptx 6y agoHow does it save keystrokes? I press ctrl+L to enter a URL or ctrl+K to enter a search, the same number of keystrokes regardless of which box I want to focus.