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Prepare for: 1) Much more complicated URL recognition regexp 2) Much more big Ablock Plus filter lists 3) ftnn2lhnosm.youtube 4) www.apple I'm joking. I re

• ben1040 14y ago
  >3) ftnn2lhnosm.youtube At least I'll be able to blacklist dQw4w9WgXcQ.youtube in my /etc/hosts and be able to blindly click links again.
• lambda 14y ago
  They are pretty much killing the idea of using regexes to linkify URLs without the scheme in plain text. Given that Chrome has moved to dropping the `http://` http://` from its address bar, and many people already skip it, they are probably going to break a lot of linkification code in comment forms and the like. Sure, people "should" know to type the `http://` http://`, but many people just don't know about that or don't remember, and there's a lot of encouragement not to.
  • TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
    >Given that Chrome has moved to dropping the `http://` http://` from its address bar Uh, if you try to copy it, Chrome prepends the http:// http://. It's only a visual effect, it still pastes full links.
    • lambda 14y ago
      Yes, but lots of people simply type links rather than copy-pasting. If you don't see the `http://` http://`, you are less likely to remember to type it.