It’s pretty interesting to see how the browser has evolved search. For most people, if there is a particular site in mind, the automatic reaction is to enter a site name or even a url into the upper right hand corner of their browser (not the address bar) and expect google to do its job. As a result, some people can’t even distinguish a browser from a search engine. For something seemingly trivial as typing in latimes.com, people still actually type in “la times” or “l.a. times”, do a search, click on the top result, and finally get to latimes.com.
For all browsers, the address bar just doesn’t do a good job of identifying intent. Auto filling your history isn’t good enough. It also isn’t friendly for typos either as most people have figured out.
