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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. 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.