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There's another use case, maybe it's just me, but at least once a week I need to insert a single "s" into the URL to go from the non-SSL to the SSL version of a

by portman 17y ago

There's another use case, maybe it's just me, but at least once a week I need to insert a single "s" into the URL to go from the non-SSL to the SSL version of a page. My proposed solution: go ahead and hide the http:// http://, but when you click onto the address bar (and therefore want to edit the URL), show the http:// http:// at that time. This solves copy-paste issues, changing protocol issues, and probably others. But I'm not sure where to make that suggestion on the Chromium issue tracker.

erlanger 17y ago
My proposed solution: If it ain't broke...
- portman 17y ago
  Even better, but there seems to be tons of enthusiasm on the Chromium team for removing http. I'm just hoping they minimize the collateral damage.
  - erlanger 17y ago
    Reminds me of another dominant tech company with a history of thinking it knows better than its users and making awful UI decisions.
    - rcfox 17y ago
      Canonical?
      - lurkerperpetual 17y ago
        controversial != awful
    - Naga 17y ago
      Sometimes doing things like that work, re: floppy drives and the iMac.
- Groxx 17y ago
  I'm sure the same thing was said about inner-tube tires. I mean, why re-invent the wheel?
  - hartror 17y ago
    Because have you ever ridden a bicycle with a flat tire? I hardly think the two use cases compare. Anyway Comment #24 makes a lot of sense http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=40865#c24 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=40865#c24 I see the enhancement for the end users who have NFI what http is but leaving it there provides more advantages as a whole than removing it.
- alexyim 17y ago
  That's a saying that works only when things fail. But if you applied it to everything all the time, then no progress will be made.
po 17y ago
If I remember correctly, isn't this how the iPad does it? I don't have one so I can't check.
- jonknee 17y ago
  On one now and you're exactly right. Seems like the best of both worlds.
  - po 17y ago
    incidentally, the iPhone does it that way as well.
buro9 17y ago
But you can still do this. Just: 1) [F6] = Goes to the address bar and highlights the URL 2) [CTRL]+[C] = Copies the URL in it's entirety 3) [CTRL]+[V] = Pastes it back in the address bar, now with http:// http:// 4) [Home] = Go to the start of the line 5) [>][>][>][>] = Move beyond "http" 6) [s] = Insert the "s" 7) [Return] = Navigate See! Google have already thought of this and this wonderful feature is available already. PS: Down-voters are trigger happy, to them: This is a joke!
- thenduks 17y ago
  Considering how often adding an s to http is done (for example, I've only done this once, in gmail, before I saw the 'always use https' setting), I think that this is OK. Still don't think it should be removed, though, just sayin' :)
thenduks 17y ago
If you want to discuss the http issue the place is chromium-discuss@chromium.org Personally I don't see what purpose there could possibly be in removing it. The worst part is that it causes ambiguity about what will be copied (if the user was confused before about http they will be doubly confused when it magically appears after copying it).

by portman 17y ago

erlanger 17y ago

My proposed solution: If it ain't broke...

portman 17y ago
Even better, but there seems to be tons of enthusiasm on the Chromium team for removing http. I'm just hoping they minimize the collateral damage.
- erlanger 17y ago
  Reminds me of another dominant tech company with a history of thinking it knows better than its users and making awful UI decisions.
  - rcfox 17y ago
    Canonical?
    - lurkerperpetual 17y ago
      controversial != awful
  - Naga 17y ago
    Sometimes doing things like that work, re: floppy drives and the iMac.
Groxx 17y ago
I'm sure the same thing was said about inner-tube tires. I mean, why re-invent the wheel?
- hartror 17y ago
  Because have you ever ridden a bicycle with a flat tire? I hardly think the two use cases compare. Anyway Comment #24 makes a lot of sense http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=40865#c24 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=40865#c24 I see the enhancement for the end users who have NFI what http is but leaving it there provides more advantages as a whole than removing it.
alexyim 17y ago
That's a saying that works only when things fail. But if you applied it to everything all the time, then no progress will be made.

po 17y ago

If I remember correctly, isn't this how the iPad does it? I don't have one so I can't check.

jonknee 17y ago
On one now and you're exactly right. Seems like the best of both worlds.
- po 17y ago
  incidentally, the iPhone does it that way as well.

buro9 17y ago

But you can still do this. Just: 1) [F6] = Goes to the address bar and highlights the URL 2) [CTRL]+[C] = Copies the URL in it's entirety 3) [CTRL]+[V] = Pastes it back in the address bar, now with http:// http:// 4) [Home] = Go to the start of the line 5) [>][>][>][>] = Move beyond "http" 6) [s] = Insert the "s" 7) [Return] = Navigate See! Google have already thought of this and this wonderful feature is available already. PS: Down-voters are trigger happy, to them: This is a joke!

thenduks 17y ago
Considering how often adding an s to http is done (for example, I've only done this once, in gmail, before I saw the 'always use https' setting), I think that this is OK. Still don't think it should be removed, though, just sayin' :)

thenduks 17y ago

If you want to discuss the http issue the place is chromium-discuss@chromium.org Personally I don't see what purpose there could possibly be in removing it. The worst part is that it causes ambiguity about what will be copied (if the user was confused before about http they will be doubly confused when it magically appears after copying it).