How Can We Make URLs Readable?

Seated in chairs, Jake Archibald and Surma discuss browser URLs.

When Chrome removed the http and https from the start of URLs in their browser address bar, I wasn’t happy.

And I heard from other people that weren’t happy.

Despite a padlock before the URL in the address bar, the https in the address bar was reinforcement that the site was using SSL to encrypt HTTP requests and responses.

It added a level of trust to the site I was visiting. Continue reading How Can We Make URLs Readable?

How Often Do You Use a Different Browser? Poll Results

Woman using a smartphone while drinking coffee

Microsoft’s announcement last week that they plan to use the Chromium engine from Google for development of Microsoft Edge on the desktop caught everyone’s attention.

From Android to Google Search to Google Ads to the engine that drives the highly popular Chrome browser and now Edge, where does Google’s influence stop? Continue reading How Often Do You Use a Different Browser? Poll Results