Google may abandon the 'feature to hide URLs' that will be introduced in Chrome



Google can abandon development of Chrome's new 'hide URLs after domain name ' feature, which has been developed based on the idea that '

displaying all long URLs is harmful' It was reported that there was sex.

Google ends its attack on the URL bar, resumes showing full address in Chrome --Creators Empire
https://creatorsempire.com/google-ends-its-attack-on-the-url-bar-resumes-showing-full-address-in-chrome/

Google ends its attack on the URL bar, resumes showing full address in Chrome
https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/06/10/google-ends-its-attack-on-the-url-bar-resumes-showing-full-address-in-chrome/

In June 2020, Google implemented a feature in the Canary version of Chrome 85 to hide URLs after the domain name. The following article explains in detail what this feature is all about.

'URL address other than domain name' may be hidden in Chrome 85 --GIGAZINE



Since it was announced in August of the same year that this function will be tested on the official version of Chrome 86 after the experiment on the Canary version, which is equivalent to the trial operation version, it is expected that it will be implemented in earnest soon. Was being done.

But new, Emily Stark, who heads Chrome's Trusty Transport team, said in a developer thread about the new feature in question, 'We've removed the ability to simplify domain names. Don't improve user security. I will not implement it because it turned out. '

1090393 --Implemented simplified domain display in the omnibox --chromium
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1090393#c75



As this post shows, it is reported that the attempt to hide part of the URL violates the reason for the introduction of 'improving security' and will be officially abolished as it is.

The latest version of Chrome 91 as of June 2021 has the function to hide 'https: //' turned on by default. This setting can be canceled by right-clicking the URL field and checking 'Always show the entire URL'.



in Software, Posted by darkhorse_log