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Not defending that change, but when do you ever need to copy just the domain instead of the full URL?
by trishmapow2 6y ago
Not defending that change, but when do you ever need to copy just the domain instead of the full URL?
- nemothekid 6y agoThe times that bit me the most is when I need to copy an IP address.
- jeffbee 6y agoAlways. Main reason I cut something is I want to paste the hostname into a terminal so it can be an argument of whois or dig or traceroute or whatever, in no case have I ever been glad of the scheme prefix.
- waheoo 6y agoIt's a solution in search of a problem.
- p1mrx 6y agoI've lost count of how many times I've done: $ ping http://whatever.com [furious line editing ensues] But thankfully it's fixed now, with the "Always show full URLs" option.
- smabie 6y agoIsn't more common to paste to a utility that uses the prefix like curl or wget? Or pasting into a chat? Besides all of those tools could just strip out the prefix, while there's no way to add the protocol to a domain name. More information is strictly superior.
- MereInterest 6y agoMore information is better, so the URL shown in the browser should include the protocol. Consistent behavior is better, so copy/paste should only include text that is actually highlighted.
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