Google May Kill Chrome URL Bar

Re:Google May Kill Chrome URL Bar by Groxx on Sunday February 20, 2011 @03:51PM (#2243020)

For comparison, Safari vs Chrome (made a while ago, because I found it an interesting phenomenon): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363028/temporary/height.png

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Re:Google May Kill Chrome URL Bar by bradleyland on Sunday February 20, 2011 @04:34PM (#2243168)

I frequently use Safari with the URL bar collapsed (cmd-shift-| [that last character is a pipe]) and no bookmarks bar (cmd-shift-b). I love the extra space for content and the reduced distraction. It really gives web pages the appearance of floating documents on your desktop.

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Re:Google May Kill Chrome URL Bar by Timothee on Sunday February 20, 2011 @07:25PM (#2243647)

I used to do that as well (mostly before switching to Safari), and I would also remove the status bar (Cmd+/ to toggle it). Cmd+L would bring the URL bar when needed. A very zen look overall.

The one thing that I missed the most in the status bar was not seeing the URL links were going to. Chrome actually has a good solution for that. (it shows on top of the page at the bottom when hovering a link)

An even more minimalistic browser is Plainview. (http://barbariangroup.com/software/plainview)

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Re:Google May Kill Chrome URL Bar by ptomato on Sunday February 20, 2011 @08:01PM (#2243759)

Try the gentle status bar extension. (Available in the Safari extension gallery.)

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Re:Google May Kill Chrome URL Bar by Groxx on Sunday February 20, 2011 @08:12PM (#2243797)

There are a fair number that do this. I've been using Invisible Status Bar: http://dbergey.github.com/

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