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Re:In 2013, so many people still search for a site instead o... by psadri on Sunday November 17, 2013 @12:20PM (#6749708)
For us software engineers, the details of how something is implemented become more important than the goals they serve. Navigating to a site using a URL is such a detail. Main stream people only care about the end goal. Searching for a site name is "simpler" than entering a cryptic URL.
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Re:In 2013, so many people still search for a site instead o... by basilesimon on Sunday November 17, 2013 @12:26PM (#6749744)
When talking about webpages consulted on a regular basis (like facebook, for example), thanks to the 'omniboxes', there is no such thing as URLs anymore, don't you think? The browser does all the work in a few keyboard hits.
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