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Re:Burying the URL by busterarm on Thursday May 01, 2014 @02:20AM (#7678535)
Yeah but at least if you can get them to that bar or at least "Open Location" you can semi-predictably get them to a website where you can get the problem solved or narrowed down.

Once you obscure URLs, web browsers become _impossible to support_. Of course Google doesn't care, because support isn't part of their lexicon.

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Re:Burying the URL by ajanuary on Thursday May 01, 2014 @04:41AM (#7678822)
You can still type URLs into the bar.

It's easier to direct them to it because it always has the same prompt text. "Do you see a box that says 'Search Google or type URL?'? Great, type this into it..."

The thing that's harder is getting them to read the url back to you.

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Re:Burying the URL by busterarm on Thursday May 01, 2014 @12:45PM (#7680924)
That's my point. You can't get them to verify where they're at, because you tell them to go to X and they can't confirm they're at X.

Unsupportable.

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