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Google Is Serious, Chrome 13 Hides URL Bar

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the is-this-the-end dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A few months ago, we heard about Google playing with the idea of killing the URL bar in its Chrome browser. Chrome 13 provides a first view how this feature will work. There is a new flag and a context menu option that hides the traditional URL bar and moves a shortened version into each tab."

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  1. And all for what? by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And all this is being done for what? To give me 50 pixels? Whoop-dee-doo.

  2. Yeah, but will I be able to kill tabs? by Dr.+Spork · · Score: 1, Interesting

    When will I be able to set Chrome so that it doesn't use tabs and opens new windows instead? Firefox has always been able to do this. Why is Chrome forcing me to use tabs when I already have a perfectly nice window manager?

  3. Vimperator: surprisingly effective and liberating by m_chan · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There are similar add-ons for Chrome, but Vimperator on Firefox is fabulous for my needs. Everything else looks a cluttered, redundant mess. I am despise the URL bar.