I got it about a week and a half ago in Canary, and I stuck with it for about a week until it was disabled. I didn't like the idea but I'm interested in new UI experiments.
I hated it. Not only for the reasons other people mention (it makes copying and pasting cognitively more difficult, and even after a week it didn't really get any easier) but also because I would argue that on sites with halfway-decent URLs, it's a navigation device. We already lost the title bar, and apparently the URL bar was acting as secondary indicator of what page I'm on. It was really, really disorienting.
I do wonder whether Google only planned to display the feature for a week, or if it got feedback from my navigation habits and disabled it. And what, if any, indicators they're using to measure success. (or at least non-failure)
> but also because I would argue that on sites with halfway-decent URLs, it's a navigation device
I agree, but I will argue that websites that suddenly seem disorienting without a URL are poorly designed. If we take away the crutch they will have to stop relying on it and improve.
I hated it. Not only for the reasons other people mention (it makes copying and pasting cognitively more difficult, and even after a week it didn't really get any easier) but also because I would argue that on sites with halfway-decent URLs, it's a navigation device. We already lost the title bar, and apparently the URL bar was acting as secondary indicator of what page I'm on. It was really, really disorienting.
I do wonder whether Google only planned to display the feature for a week, or if it got feedback from my navigation habits and disabled it. And what, if any, indicators they're using to measure success. (or at least non-failure)