No, everyone loves it. By everyone I mean the vast majority of the world. The fact of the matter is most people do not grok addresses, so a dedicated address b

No, everyone loves it. By everyone I mean the vast majority of the world. The fact of the matter is most people do not grok addresses, so a dedicated address bar is useless to them. It's bad user interface design that defies what most people can do. Here's how most people actually use a web browser if they want to go somewhere, say Amazon: 1. Type "amazon". 2. Enter. 3. First result is (probably) amazon.com. 4. Click. 5. ???? 6. PROFIT! In the dark ages this was facilitated by setting the home page to a search engine like Google, changing the address bar to a search bar removes that additional step making it that much easier for the common man. Is it horrible for security and privacy? Yeah. But you write a web browser for users, not security and privacy nazis.