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"The basic purpose of hiding the common prefix, http:// http://, is to make URLs more visible. This will also help users to easily identify the website they are
by gnoupi 15y ago
"The basic purpose of hiding the common prefix, http:// http://, is to make URLs more visible. This will also help users to easily identify the website they are dealing with. Although, the URL prefix for encrypted pages (https:// https://) will be displayed as usual to avoid confusion."
How is showing the prefix in one case and not the other avoiding confusion?
If they want to get rid of it, they should get rid of it fully, like the others, and use a recognizable icon for the modes, but not show it and hid it depending on the case. That's the base of confusion, no?
- rorrr 15y agoChrome works that way, shows https:// https://, hides http:// http://. It's absolutely fine. The less stuff you have to look at, the more efficient you are.
- gnoupi 15y agoOk, but why would you have to see https, then? Wouldn't a lock icon be enough? If the idea is to drop the prefix because it's redundant and useless to most, then it's same for https. All what matters to the end user is that he is on a secure connection, I think.
- landhar 15y agoIf I had to guess, I would say that the idea behind this is to force the clueless user that doesn't know anything about the internet to write the https:// https:// when he is given a link that starts that way. Since there is no guaranty whatsoever that a website will redirect you to a secure connection without the user asking for it. I'm not saying it makes perfect sense, just that I wouldn't be surprised if that's the idea behind it.