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Re:Google Wants to Kill the URL: Chrome 13 Lets Users Hide t... by synnik on Thursday May 19, 2011 @02:39PM (#2564987)
The analogy in my mind has always been that of the command line. Most users these days do not use the command line. But many tech people still do, as it is a very effective tool.

Likewise, the address bar - I still hand-type most of the sites I regularly use, because I can type them faster than navigating my various bookmark folders. Which also negates any inspiration to find better bookmarking tools.

I also have the unfortunate job of maintaining SharePoint sites, for which there are many standard URL strings I can throw onto a site that will get me to various admin pages.

I am sure other platforms have similar structures, where hand-typed addresses can manipulate the site in some way to the benefit of those who support it.

And maybe that is where Google will end up - with the address bar being the command-line-equivalent for their web-based OS.

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Re:Google Wants to Kill the URL: Chrome 13 Lets Users Hide t... by rwwmike on Thursday May 19, 2011 @02:42PM (#2564997)
Agreed. I still hand type most URLs and weird ones I use bookmarks for...but it's more and more rare that I hand type anything more than the basic domain...anything with an actual URL structure I navigate to...
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Re:Google Wants to Kill the URL: Chrome 13 Lets Users Hide t... by jokermatt999 on Thursday May 19, 2011 @03:58PM (#2565218)
I've found keyword bookmarks save even more typing. "gr" for Google Reader, "y" for Hacker News, etc. They're easy enough to set up, and I was already in the habit of using them from setting up keyword searches similarly.

In Firefox, go to "Properties" on a bookmark, and change the "keyword" field. For searches, just right click a search text box, and choose "Add a keyword for this search".

Does it save a lot of time? No, not really, especially if you already use the AwesomeBar/Chrome's equivalent to get to sites. But a little.

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