nsane.forums Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 OSnews points out that Google has decided to purposely remove the http:// from current development builds of its Chrome browser. The change was noticed when a user reported it as a bug in the issues section of the chromium Google Code page. A coder then responded that this is a new "feature" and not a bug. Many of the comments that followed were of negativity. People don't seem to be too fond of the http:// removal.One issue that could arise from the omittance of http:// is that applications requiring this part of the URL will be left in the cold. However, Google is apparently taking care of by adding the http:// part to the clipboard for when you copy and paste URLs to and from the URL bar (still a work in progress). This is an interesting solution and it remains to be seen how effective it will actually be. So far, users are complaining that this completely breaks standard clipboard functionality, causing ill effects.While Google might be leaving http:// high and dry, not-so-distant cousins, ftp:// and https:// will continue their welcomed stay in Google's speedy little browser. Many are saying that this is confusing, inconsistent, and should not be done. In any case, users rarely type http:// in the first place. Google seems to be feeding off of this fact. However, before such a "feature" can become the norm, the public (not to mention other browsers) will eventually have to accept it. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATE9X Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 idk rly. i have never written it and have know it's useless. hell, i haven't even written "www" since years.can u take it away? why not.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobrPatty Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 idk rly. i have never written it and have know it's useless. hell, i haven't even written "www" since years.can u take it away? why not..Exactly no need for either as far as I'm concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cramsdeath Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 If they're keeping ftp:// and https:// they may as well heep http:// i'm not against them removing it, but it will look a bit messy......But even now IE is slowly starting to do it.... the extra bits of the URL are faded to gray......Overall, I really think if it's there, and it's already working for people, why remove it? It's not like keeping it will cause dinosaurs to come back and steal you car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgestapo Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 It makes switching from http to https troublesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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