Apparently there was a long discussion on this before, but somehow I missed it:
The latest release of Google Chrome no longer shows the full url any more. It removes the protocol (http:// or https://) and also the “www.”-prefix if it existed.
So “https://www.bing.com” becomes just “bing.com”.
In my opinion this is plain dangerous.
It’s as dangerous as the “feature” Microsoft added to Windows Explorer back in Windows XP of not showing the file extensions. I still don’t understand why they never realized that it was a mistake and reversed this decision.
For now, Firefox has become my standard browser (again), even though it has its own problems.
I hope that the other browsers won’t follow this stupid idea. (But somehow I doubt they will see the light.).
Google Just Stopped Displaying ‘www’ and ‘https’ In Chrome’s Address Bar on slashdot.