The advantage: Hiding the URL allows users of netbooks and tablets to have a bit more space to display the content of a website.

The drawback: can be dangerous when users don't see the URL of a page -- making them easier targets of phishing attacks.

Wolfgang Gruener of notes that once you are at the web site you want, there's no need to permanently display the address, unless you are worried about security.

Firefox and Chrome hold together 43 percent of the browser market (), so they could push for a less ubiquitous URL bar. But Microsoft, which holds the other half of the market with Internet Explorer, is showing no intention to let you hide the URL bar any time soon.

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