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There's "you shouldn't be ..." and then there's "what most people outside the tech world do". There is a lot of overlap between the two. In the real world, for
by discardorama 12y ago
There's "you shouldn't be ..." and then there's "what most people outside the tech world do". There is a lot of overlap between the two. In the real world, for whatever reason, many people use the location bar as a search box.
Now, I'm not agreeing with FF's decision; just pointing out how it is IRL.
- forgotpasswd3x 12y agoAdditionally, in the real world, people use the google search field as a URL bar. It really boils down to people just not understanding how things work / are supposed to be used.
- err4nt 12y agoYou took the words right out of my mouth! I have worked on dozens of sites in all different industries and the one thing that unites them all: Google Analytics traffic shows that many people punch in a full domain name into Google and rely on Google to display the result they want. If your website is http://hackastack.com http://hackastack.com I doubt you'd go a month without seeing a referral from Google for a search for www.hackastack.com or something similar, even if you don't use 'www' on your site