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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by superkuh on Sunday June 14, 2020 @11:46AM (#23518530)
> misses Google's goals overall.

Oh, I'm not missing that. Google's software offerings are now primarily designed for bad computers with bad UI, bad network, and bad energy storage. Because people love those crappy devices and most use them primarily. We both agree.

>A shorter URL bar in the desktop allows for to take up less horizontal space,

Which really doesn't matter if you're on a desktop computer with an actual monitor. The only reason to do this is more "convergence" BS and thinking phone crutches are required on desktop.

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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by shadowgovt on Sunday June 14, 2020 @11:50AM (#23518589)
Agree to disagree, because my primary device is a multi-core desktop with a curved monitor over two feet long and I still think the URL bar takes up too much horizontal space in my browser top bar.
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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by _trampeltier on Sunday June 14, 2020 @01:01PM (#23519305)
The problem is maybe, a widescreen is bs for most things anyway. In most applications there is so much emtpy space on the left and the right side. I use not just with monitors because of it, they are also height. 43" 4K is nice to work with.
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