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Certain apps will open the users browser (Brave) and automatically authenticate them - e.g. for account management purposes. This will generally send the user through multiple URL's. In some cases, this authentication may fail and send the user to an unauthenticated page - e.g. the home page of the brand, or even a login page.
It is often possible for users to identify if the authentication has failed by the full address without waiting for the entire page to load. For example, if a user sees that it's sent them back to example.com/no-auth, they can decide if they want to close the tab immediately instead of waiting and attempt the action again (i.e. activation from within the app that originally triggered the browser to open). In the current design which shows only the origin, the user has no way of pre-emptively identifying if this is the case and must now wait for the page to load entirely.
Feature Overview
I would like to propose an option to toggle this behaviour. I respect that some people want origin-only display, but I expect the full URL to be always visible.
Design
(Please note that the icon and wording are open to being changed to alternatives as you deem appropriate)
Implementation Details
The implementation would involve several parts:
Implementation of a toggle within 'Appearance' settings (location of this could be set somewhere else though if deemed appropriate)
Integration with existing mechanisms to save the user preference between app sessions
Integration with existing mechanisms to load the user preference when the app is launched
Adjustment of the URL display mechanism to display either origin-only, or full URL, based upon user preference
User Experience
The user won't interact with the feature per-se, but it would be something they could see in action by looking at the address bar
I respect that there are people that want origin-only URL display, but there are people that find significant value in the previous implementation which shows the full address. Even if every other browser is showing origin-only, that shouldn't be a signal to Brave to do exactly the same thing - rather, it's a perfect opportunity for Brave to go beyond the competition by giving the users choice of how they want their UX.
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Problem Description
The address bar no longer shows the full URL.
Certain apps will open the users browser (Brave) and automatically authenticate them - e.g. for account management purposes. This will generally send the user through multiple URL's. In some cases, this authentication may fail and send the user to an unauthenticated page - e.g. the home page of the brand, or even a login page.
It is often possible for users to identify if the authentication has failed by the full address without waiting for the entire page to load. For example, if a user sees that it's sent them back to
example.com/no-auth
, they can decide if they want to close the tab immediately instead of waiting and attempt the action again (i.e. activation from within the app that originally triggered the browser to open). In the current design which shows only the origin, the user has no way of pre-emptively identifying if this is the case and must now wait for the page to load entirely.Feature Overview
I would like to propose an option to toggle this behaviour. I respect that some people want origin-only display, but I expect the full URL to be always visible.
Design
(Please note that the icon and wording are open to being changed to alternatives as you deem appropriate)
Implementation Details
The implementation would involve several parts:
User Experience
Additional information
This functionality was changed in the commit brave/brave-ios@132cd14 which was included as part of PR brave/brave-ios#8417 . A previous occurrence of this issue was also mentioned on the forums at https://community.brave.com/t/always-show-full-urls-ios/466724
I respect that there are people that want origin-only URL display, but there are people that find significant value in the previous implementation which shows the full address. Even if every other browser is showing origin-only, that shouldn't be a signal to Brave to do exactly the same thing - rather, it's a perfect opportunity for Brave to go beyond the competition by giving the users choice of how they want their UX.
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: