Getting rid of URLs is a terrible, terrible idea.

I don’t care that regular users never understood them. If you haven’t noticed, I have very little sympathy for regular users.

Anyway, why do we have to design everything for the dumbest members of society, and the least capable of learning?

Here, I am referring to computer users who have used their machines for 10+ years who still cannot find their start menu, etc.

This commenter said pretty well why it is happening (and it ain’t really about helping users), though, so I’ll just link to that.

We are  going to get the web we deserve, and it is going to be a pile of shit.