[LINK] Why does Firefox send non-URL text in the location bar to Google etc.?

[Fernando Cassia]

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Robin Whittle <rw at firstpr.com.au> wrote:
>
> People should not be encouraged to fudge the distinction between a URL
> and text to be sent to a search engine.
>
> The programmers could have coped with users deliberately or
> accidentally typing in non-URL text into the location bar by putting
> up a dialogue box explaining that the text was not a URL and providing
> the option of pasting it into the search engine bar.

Oh yes, I support your views.

Sadly the "usability mob" has ruled that dialog boxes are a menace to
mankind, and that God The User shouldn´t be bothered by annoying
dialog boxes, or too many buttons for that matter. Hence, we get
crippled user interfaces like in Google´s Chrome. :)

This is to say... I´m not very happy with the "dumbing down" trends I
see in software development. :-/
FC