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Re:Every search bar looks like a URL bar to users by goohle on Friday October 15, 2021 @12:28PM (#28879602)
> I can tell you're being facetious, but you actually just described "television,"

My mom has 64" 4k TV with excellent image quality, but very often (right now, for example) she watches YouTube on her old CoreDuo PC with 24" screen, in small window. I don't know why.

My search bar shows me my past searches, instead of random suggestions, while my URL bar shows my past URL's, which saves tons of time for me when I need to find a past site or a past search. Also, I can quickly select another specialized search engine for a search.

I general, general people needs something simple, while a professional needs something powerful.

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Re:Every search bar looks like a URL bar to users by shadowgovt on Friday October 15, 2021 @05:10PM (#28883174)
> Also, I can quickly select another specialized search engine for a search.

Chrome's unified bar currently supports that. Type a fragment of a site name and hit tab... If the site published a standard search mapping in its metadata, the bar changes modes to direct a search query to the specified website. Super useful for GitHub.

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