They don't want to have to know about that nerd stuff over there on the left side of the URL. The Big G is just trying to give its users what they want: an Interweb that doesn't require them to think. Despite the backlash from some online, Chrome isn't the first browser to truncate the URL in this way, with Apple's Safari similarly hiding the full address.Īnd here's some fresh criticism: THIS IS STUPID. Google says it has also built a Chrome extension that doesn't obfuscate the URL to 'help power users recognize suspicious sites and report them to Safe Browsing'. There are also some who claim Google's motivation in changing how the URL is displayed may be to make it harder for users to tell whether they are on a page hosted on Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages subdomain. However the announcement provoked a fresh wave of criticism, from those who say the move will confuse users and even potentially make it easier for them to inadvertently connect to fake sites.

The move to remove 'By default sites in Chrome now no longer display the 'https' scheme or the 'Google has argued the move is driven by a desire for greater simplicity and usability of Chrome. 'Google has finally chopped the 'www' from Chrome's address bar after delaying the controversial move due to a backlash,' reports TechRepublic: