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That’s like… just your opinion man. Maybe some people like to see the whole URL. I kinda do. There might be others.
by ballballball 5y ago
That’s like… just your opinion man. Maybe some people like to see the whole URL. I kinda do. There might be others.
- threeseed 5y agoI take it you skipped past the, "any user, no matter their tech-savviness" part.
- Retr0id 5y ago99% of HN users want to see the full URL, myself included. However, we only care because we know what a URL is, and what the different components mean. The average user doesn't understand the intricacies of URLs, nor should they have to. Parsing URLs unambiguously is hard even for programmers, and has been the source of numerous security vulnerabilities. I think there should always be an option to show the full URL bar, but I can't really argue for it being the default behavior anymore.