Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL

Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL by Yizahi on Friday September 07, 2018 @08:55AM (#17933854)

Older people care more about consistency than "usability". They can successfully complete long tasks, maybe with several retries but they can, but if they are consistent. Input a long text somewhere, dial 15-20 digit phone number etc. But they can't usually deal with unpredictable situations, where computer will "intelligently" help them, fill parts of the input, when same action is different on different devices, when they need to know how system will behave in advance.

PS: consider how you would guide an older person over the phone when he/she is accessing Citibank website (for which www.citibank is different website), with Chrome will "intelligently" hide essential part of the address.

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Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL by wst_ on Saturday September 08, 2018 @01:30AM (#17939571)

Agree to that - my experience exactly. Very recent example. My father's using Skype to talk with family. They refreshed UI, he got new version installed and that was it. I've had to answer multiple questions what does this and that button do. "The same dad, it just looks a little bit different." What I got as an answer was "It's placed somewhere else. It is so confusing. Couldn't they just left everything were it's always been..." Thankfully I have remote access to his desktop so I can guide him around in situations like this.

And I am quite sure removing 'www' on the address bar's domains is as confusing.

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