URLs aren't usable, but people are forced to rely on them for so much -- browsing, security, sharing. Expect to see changes to how Chrome displays identity in the coming year. @emschec @estark37https://www.wired.com/story/google-wants-to-kill-the-url/ …
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How are URLs "not usable"? Yes lots of sites use them badly, but they're the way you cite sources. Obscuring them is going to make things much worse, not better.
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People don't look at them when they ought to. And when they do, they don't know which part to look at. We are exploring ways of drawing attention to the right identity indicators at the right times.
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‘We’ = a small elite group of young elite engineers with very little historical knowledge of the fantastic decentralised empowering nature of the URL
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Youre right, we shouldn't design for ourselves. That's why our first step is months of user research!
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It's easy for research to focus on solving what doesn't work, and ignore the (equally if not more important) aspect of *not breaking what does work*.
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agree with Rich. sounds like the problem is not enough education. teach kids how to browse, code, use social media, practice internet safety, etc. then they’ll grow up and make the web better. sometimes a “problem” can’t be “fixed” with a cool new browser feature. it takes time.
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For example, dig deep into why URLs are a “problem”. what do they do really well / what do end-users do with them? what are they bad at / what’s confusing about them? then teach kids URLs really good & what’s right vs what’s wrong. In 1 generation, URLs will be solved.
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