Google Removes http:// from Chrome.
To be honest, I prefer it that way. I’m against using icons to replace the protocols. 90% of the time, the http:// is there, the text is just visual noise. And when did looking at the http:// provide you any useful information? Even as a geek, the http:// isn’t particularly informative in a browser address bar.
I’ll leave a quote from a chrome developer:
Easily 95%+ of our users wouldn't even _notice_ the difference between a URL with a scheme and one without, let alone have any idea what the difference meant.
