Google’s Move to Hide Full URL In Chrome
Yay or nay? And maybe a little food for thought
There has been a glaring change in my Chrome browser lately (Yes I read online that it’s not really new but I had not experienced this until now) — I can no longer see the website’s full address once I scroll away after typing the URL. https://uxplanet.org/my-favorite-design-systems-as-of-2020-bf2a8a162bf9 shows up as “uxplanet.org” on my browser’s address bar.
Let’s Find Out Why Google Is Doing This
According to a design document that Chromium Software Engineer, Livvie Lin, has published, there may be a negative impact on users’ security decision-making by showing the full URL because “Showing the full URL may detract from the parts of the URL that are more important to making a security decision on a webpage”.
I can see where they are coming from.
Just look at these two URLs (the second one’s fictitious). When it comes with a full URL with its respective directories, it’s easier to overlook the difference which seems harmless.
https://www.chromium.org/2020/08/helping-people-spot-spoofs-url.html
vs
https://www.chromiom.org/2020/08/helping-people-spot-spoofs-url.html
