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05-02-2014, 11:18 PM
Google Hints It May Toss Long URLs From Chrome
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Google Chrome (http://mashable.com/category/google-chrome/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) may eventually hide long URLs from the address bar. That is, if a recent update to Google's experimental browser is any indication.
A recent update to Chrome's publicly available Canary browser added a feature that hides long URLs. Instead, when users view webpages, the browser only reveals the website name and domain, **t the entire URL.
See also: 14 Google Tools You Didn't K**w Existed (http://mashable.com/2013/07/05/google-tools/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
If this sounds familiar, this is similar to the mobile version of Safari, which already hides the full URL in iOS 7 by default. In the Safari app, the address bar only displays the website name and domain, e.g. yahoo.com, **t the entire URL— regardless of where on the website you navigate to. To view or select the full URL, users must tap the address bar. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/02/google-to-kill-urls-in-chrome/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Google Chrome (http://mashable.com/category/google-chrome/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) may eventually hide long URLs from the address bar. That is, if a recent update to Google's experimental browser is any indication.
A recent update to Chrome's publicly available Canary browser added a feature that hides long URLs. Instead, when users view webpages, the browser only reveals the website name and domain, **t the entire URL.
See also: 14 Google Tools You Didn't K**w Existed (http://mashable.com/2013/07/05/google-tools/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
If this sounds familiar, this is similar to the mobile version of Safari, which already hides the full URL in iOS 7 by default. In the Safari app, the address bar only displays the website name and domain, e.g. yahoo.com, **t the entire URL— regardless of where on the website you navigate to. To view or select the full URL, users must tap the address bar. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/02/google-to-kill-urls-in-chrome/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Google Chrome (http://mashable.com/category/google-chrome/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Google Chrome Canary Build (http://mashable.com/category/google-chrome-canary-build/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Apps Software (http://mashable.com/apps-software/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Apps And Software (http://mashable.com/category/apps-and-software/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/c7A4URhjR0o