Google backtracks on search results design

Re:Google backtracks on search results design by gundmc on Saturday January 25, 2020 @05:26AM (#22145714)

The change was a welcome QoL improvement in my opinion.

Typing a new address or copying the URL of the page I'm on covers ~95% of the use cases where I'm accessing the address bar on mobile and the change significantly reduces friction for both. It's exhausting to see every minute move Google/Amazon makes filtered through the HN cynicism lens.

Edit: Talking specifically about the chrome on Android omnibar change. The favicon desktop search change from TFA was awful.

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Re:Google backtracks on search results design by AJ007 on Saturday January 25, 2020 @11:16AM (#22146876)

Google has explicitly said they want to get rid of URLs.

Here is a story from April 2019: https://www.wired.com/story/google-wants-to-kill-the-url/

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