Chrome 86 Dev/Canary - A URL Experiment

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A URL experiment

In Chrome 86, we’re likewise going to experiment with how URLs are shown in the address bar on desktop platforms (animation below). Our goal is to understand -- through real-world usage -- whether showing URLs this way helps users realize they’re visiting a malicious website, and protects them from phishing and social engineering attacks.

Opt-out

If you find yourself in the experimental group, and you’d like to view the full URL for a given site, you’ll have two options. First you can hover over the URL, and it will expand fully. Second, you can right-click on the URL, and choose “Always show full URLs” in the context menu (screenshot below) [..]

Opt-In & Give Feedback

If you’re not randomly assigned to this Chrome 86 experiment, and you’d like to try it out, please install Chrome Canary or Dev channel, open chrome://flags in Chrome 86, enable the following flags, and re-launch Chrome:

• #omnibox-ui-reveal-steady-state-url-path-query-and-ref-on-hover
• #omnibox-ui-sometimes-elide-to-registrable-domain
• Optionally, #omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-path-query-and-ref-on-interaction to show the full URL on page load until you interact with the page.

You can file bugs or feature requests on our bug tracker.


Source: Helping people spot the spoofs: a URL experiment