“www” is back to Chrome 69!
Google celebrated its tenth anniversary this month which marked the major release of Chrome 69 Version. The New Chrome browser got a facelift; however it left the users stunned by eliminating “www” and “m” protocols from the URL in the Address Bar.
This announcement brought about a wave of criticism and anger to the search giant. Furthermore, the URL truncation created confusion among many users as it was harder to identify if the websites were legitimate and it could pave a way for more scams on the web. The idea of snipping Chrome www URLs raised questions on the Google’s intents and kindled fierce reproval from Chrome Users. The annoyed users found out way to return to classic Google Chrome interface by changing the flag settings.
The counterblast from the users compelled Google to soften its stance. It considered the public opinion & feedback and rolled back this change in Chrome 69, as stated in the Chromium bug tracker issue. Google brought back subdomains “www” and “m” to the address bar of chrome updated version.
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This announcement brought about a wave of criticism and anger to the search giant. Furthermore, the URL truncation created confusion among many users as it was harder to identify if the websites were legitimate and it could pave a way for more scams on the web. The idea of snipping Chrome www URLs raised questions on the Google’s intents and kindled fierce reproval from Chrome Users. The annoyed users found out way to return to classic Google Chrome interface by changing the flag settings.
The counterblast from the users compelled Google to soften its stance. It considered the public opinion & feedback and rolled back this change in Chrome 69, as stated in the Chromium bug tracker issue. Google brought back subdomains “www” and “m” to the address bar of chrome updated version.
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