Personally, I find opening web apps to be much easier then clicking on an extension. I don't think I'd be addicted to HN if I had to click an icon to get here.

Personally, I find opening web apps to be much easier then clicking on an extension. I don't think I'd be addicted to HN if I had to click an icon to get here. But the combination Ctrl+T => n (it autocompletes to news.ycombinator.com) => Enter is deep in my muscle memory. For a new app of course it would take time until the URL autocompletes.