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Re:Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addr... by buttersbrian on Friday August 14, 2020 @04:33PM (#24162913)
I don't think there was anything silent, IMO.

The other biggest factor IMO Chrome greatly focusing on developer tools --> eventually stealing away firebug dev, and in turn taking the throne as the developer browser of choice.

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Re:Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addr... by marcosdumay on Friday August 14, 2020 @04:50PM (#24163092)
Chrome was already very popular by the time it became any good (compared to Firefox).

But even sooner than they investing in dev-tools, they made a killing from tab isolation right at a time when Firefox had most of its stability problems.

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