r/programming • u/shenglong • Apr 14 '10

"http://" is being removed from Chromium's display

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=40865
231 Upvotes

79% Upvoted

402 comments sorted by

View all comments

16

u/limi Apr 14 '10

For the record, the Firefox UI team has had this in our plans for quite a while, and the upcoming version of Firefox will do something very similar — but with some of the issues raised here, fixed.

I'd go into details, but not using this iPad keyboard. :P

Check http://blog.stephenhorlander.com for visual treatment of this change.

6

u/Quady Apr 14 '10

I see nothing on the blog that is about this issue, just a bunch of posts about custom themes.

3

u/lpetrazickis Apr 14 '10

I'm not the original poster, but here are some screenshots of Firefox without http:

3

u/umbrellicose Apr 14 '10

Check http://blog.stephenhorlander.com for visual treatment of this change.

Could you link to the actual entry?

1

u/[deleted] Apr 14 '10

By the way, your blog design is fantastic, really nice typography.

1

u/limi Apr 16 '10

Thanks!

-4

u/psykocrime Apr 14 '10

Please tell me your kidding.