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If we are considering URLs have entered the realm of regular content we produce/consume as text, then the bug should be fixed by the lowest layer in the stack (
by caiobegotti 6y ago
If we are considering URLs have entered the realm of regular content we produce/consume as text, then the bug should be fixed by the lowest layer in the stack (dunno if it's the URI library or the OS a browser app or whatever). We can't expect people to understand the concept of a hyperlink while we scold them for not adding a blank space after them (which is stupid, we don't do that in regular text) or something like that. We need to handle URLs gracefully. I have seen legal papers with URLs at the end of sentences multiple times with period marks right next to them because a text editor works like that. The user is not to blame here. In theory the person who sent the SMS is not to blame either, SMS is a text document.
- user5994461 6y agoThe highlighting is done by the messaging app, it should be corrected by the messaging app. The issue is specific to messaging apps, in the context of text messages and copy/pasted URL, where an URL might get an extra dot as if concluding a sentence.