The problem this proposedly solves is a real one but only pushing and considering the most extreme solution suggests that it's not the real motivation. If the

The problem this proposedly solves is a real one but only pushing and considering the most extreme solution suggests that it's not the real motivation. If the problem is that showing the whole url might hide the domain, why not make the domain bold? or highlighted some other way? What about separating the domain and path when viewing (but not when editing)? it's a bit hard but quite possible.