Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later[^][v]#915,569
Some people don't appreciate http(s) and www being hidden in URLs. It seems like an odd move on Google's part.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 5 minutes after the original post[^][v]#915,570
I like the rounded bars and tabs but I thought they've been hiding the extensions for a while???
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 6 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^][v]#915,571
@previous (B)
No, they've always shown http/https and www. Both are new changes! They did do this annoying thing where if you copied the URL in the bar it would hide the http(s) but then when you pasted it, it would include it, but that's different since it showed http(s) until you highlighted it to copy. Thanks.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 28 minutes later, 40 minutes after the original post[^][v]#915,575
Really good. It reminds me of how Firefox used to look before it went to shit after 3.6.
Anonymous B replied with this 7 years ago, 18 minutes later, 59 minutes after the original post[^][v]#915,578
@915,571 (A)
oh. do you know if it was previously hidden on mobile chrome?? i swear ive had this issue already
Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#915,580
I actually thought I opened up Firefox for a minute before realizing that it was Chrome.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#915,588
@915,578 (B) > i swear ive had this issue already
Seconding that.
I remember Chrome not showing those in the past. I could be misremembering this and confusing Chromium (or some fork) with the official Chrome releases, but I'm almost positive I've seen older versions of Chrome hide those before.
Anonymous B replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#915,601
@previous (E)
yeah. I just checked on my dad's laptop and it was visible before the update but now it just gives you a stupid security pop-up. as far as I can tell it's been that way on mobile. cant imagine they'd flip flop like that on desktop chrome but who knows google flip flops all day
Anonymous E replied with this 7 years ago, 42 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#915,616
@previous (B)
Okay, I did some research. In the past, Chrome has hidden the protocol header in URLs for http but not for https. I actually verified that by installing an older version of Chrome and checking. You can still find old posts on Google Chrome forums or stackoverflow complaining about how Chrome doesn't show the full URL in the address bar.
I think there was a time when it filtered out the www subdomain as well.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 7 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#915,683
@previous (E)
Yeah, I checked too, and it did hide http at one point. Never https, AFAICT, and definitely never www. Hiding www is such a major change that there are a lot of complaints.
Anonymous B replied with this 7 years ago, 11 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#915,795
@915,616 (E)
yeah ok. that's what I thought. thank you for your time and effort
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 27 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#915,801
@915,569 (A)
Could you even imagine being so pedantic you're taking great pains to make sure you're typing HTTP:// into Netscape like some old faggot ? who thinks it's still 1992 on the World Wide Web ???
Get with the times gramps or I'll unfriend you on Usenet ?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#915,802
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
It's not about typing in http, it's about URLs being shown correctly. I can sort of appreciate why http(s) could be hidden and instead a padlock shown for https, but hiding www makes no sense. www.minichan.org is not minichan.org; different subdomain, different site.
For now, Chrome will show www and m. In Chrome 70, they're going hide www but keep m.
I personally think the potential for phishing and various other shenanigans is too high. For instance, m.tumblr.com would show as tumblr.com, and they are not the same. There is basically no benefit and potentially a lot to go wrong.
(Edited 2 minutes later.)
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^][v]#918,611