I hope you're right. Maybe I read too much into Brendan Eich's comment at the time: > The autocomplete default was inspired by search query clientid attributio

I hope you're right. Maybe I read too much into Brendan Eich's comment at the time: > The autocomplete default was inspired by search query clientid attribution that all browsers do, but unlike keyword queries, a typed-in URL should go to the domain named, without any additions. Sorry for this mistake — we are clearly not perfect, but we correct course quickly. "Course correct" made it sounds like it was intentional, but that they backtracked due to negative feedback. I'll admit that I didn't research the issue any further.