Yeah I think this might be true. There are a lot of people who are functionally illiterate when it comes to technology and just use things how they come out of the box. I always wish I could do something to help change that.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t remember browsers ever having a default search engine back then, did they? One had to bookmark it or type it in the address bar?
Yeah, there was definitely a time where you had to navigate to a site to then do the search. I know having Google integrated right there in the address bar in chrome was something I loved when I first started using it (2009 or so maybe?) but I don’t think that was the first time I had ever encountered it. Definitely the earliest I remember.
To this day, just searching from the address bar feels wrong to me lol. I was so happy to discover that Firefox has a setting to add a dedicated search box.
I still search from the address bar on mobile, but on PC it’s always in the search box. I find it easier to switch between search engines and compare results that way as well.
There are a lot of old-school habits that are still baked into my mind.
Yeah I think this might be true. There are a lot of people who are functionally illiterate when it comes to technology and just use things how they come out of the box. I always wish I could do something to help change that.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t remember browsers ever having a default search engine back then, did they? One had to bookmark it or type it in the address bar?
Yeah, there was definitely a time where you had to navigate to a site to then do the search. I know having Google integrated right there in the address bar in chrome was something I loved when I first started using it (2009 or so maybe?) but I don’t think that was the first time I had ever encountered it. Definitely the earliest I remember.
To this day, just searching from the address bar feels wrong to me lol. I was so happy to discover that Firefox has a setting to add a dedicated search box.
I still search from the address bar on mobile, but on PC it’s always in the search box. I find it easier to switch between search engines and compare results that way as well.
There are a lot of old-school habits that are still baked into my mind.
Interesting I never thought of it as a bad thing! By the way, I am not the one who downvoted you just so we’re clear lol
Maybe I should try setting that dedicated search bar as well on my Firefox and see how I like it. What do you like about it?