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> Since 99.999% of the people only ever encounter http:// http://, ftp://, and https:// https:// (did I forget any?), why not create a standard set of easy-to-u
by DrSprout 17y ago
> Since 99.999% of the people only ever encounter http:// http://, ftp://, and https:// https:// (did I forget any?), why not create a standard set of easy-to-understand icons to replace them, in cooperation with other browser makers?
For me at least it's a lot harder to memorize the meaning of a 16x16 pixel image than a four-character string.
Also, we have exactly the same problem that Google's having with this, which is that it's difficult to copy/paste, to speak nothing of entering in a url you have written down.
- mapleoin 17y agohow do you copy/paste a 16x16 pixel image + half of the URL?
- Qz 17y agoYou replace the image with http:// http:// just like they currently add back in the http:// http:// when you copy the naked link out of the address bar.
- lallysingh 17y agoand how do you tell when to copy it? If I wanted to avoid the load-balanced subdomain in a url: www35.company.com/bar/foo.aspx and just copied: company.com/bar/foo.aspx Would the http:// http:// come over? how about if I just copied "bar/foo.aspx" ?
- peregrine 17y agoNope. The http:// http:// only comes when its all selected.