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Re:Judge Rules US v. Google Trial Documents Can Be Posted On... by dublinben on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:45PM (#37678310)
A great example of this is how they merged the search box into the address bar, to create the "omnibar." Since then, they've aggressively promoted submitting a new Google search for whatever you're typing in, instead of returning results from your local browser bookmarks, history, etc that wouldn't generate more ad impressions.
Re:Judge Rules US v. Google Trial Documents Can Be Posted On... by TradingPlaces on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @02:33PM (#37679102)
Omnibar seems to be what this is about. At one point they note that there’s a Reddit thread that thinks their a/b test is a bug.
Re:Judge Rules US v. Google Trial Documents Can Be Posted On... by Animats on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @04:54PM (#37681159)
Which Firestorm had years ago, as the "awesome bar".