From InfoWorld: Safari on OS X Yosemite will mask most of a URL in its top-of-window address bar, following in the footsteps of Safari on iOS, and beating Google's Chrome, which is experimenting with the same design, to the desktop.
While not strictly a trend, the decision by Apple to mask all but the domain -- say, nytimes.com or computerworld.com -- will bring a simmering discussion about the value of a full-string URL to the surface when customers first fire up Safari on Yosemite this fall.
Apple did not call out the change in its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote Monday, but eagle-eye observers noted that during a demonstration of Safari, only the domain appeared in the browser's address bar.
As Safari was shown on the keynote's giant screen poised at Wikipedia's Ansel Adams article, the browser displayed en.wikipedia.org rather than the full string of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams that would appear in other browsers, including Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer, not to mention Safari on OS X Mavericks.
It wasn't a surprise that Apple dumped the rest of the URL; it did the same last year in Safari on iOS 7. On an iPhone or iPad, tapping the domain reveals the full URL. Safari on Yosemite behaves similarly: Clicking in the address bar or using Cmd-L -- the keystroke combo to select the address bar's contents -- expands the domain to the full URL.
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