lucy24
msg:4380981 | 4:37 am on Oct 29, 2011 (gmt 0) |
[support.mozilla.com...] says
| Most sites people go to are HTTP so it was decided to just not bother showing the protocol in newer versions of Firefox unless it's something else, like https:// or ftp://, thus saving a little space and making the URL a little more readable. |
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(note use of the passive voice)
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| You can set the pref browser.urlbar.trimURLs to false on the about:config page to see the http: protocol |
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In other words: if it shows nothing, it means it's the default http:
... at least until people start reporting exceptions.
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Robert Charlton
msg:4380986 | 5:10 am on Oct 29, 2011 (gmt 0) |
I like to copy urls from the address bar and I hate typing the protocols. I can't imagine I'm the only one.
I've actually never used the about:config page, and I'm sure it's not rocket science... I just don't want to think about it for a while.
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johnblack
msg:4380994 | 6:01 am on Oct 29, 2011 (gmt 0) |
If you copy and paste from the address bar, it prepends the url with the protocol.
E.g. copy www.example.com, will paste http://www.example.com
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robzilla
msg:4381012 | 7:53 am on Oct 29, 2011 (gmt 0) |
This has been the default behavior in Chrome for quite some time.
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Robert Charlton
msg:4381144 | 5:15 pm on Oct 29, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Thanks johnblack. You've save me a lot of hassle.
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piatkow
msg:4383484 | 1:11 pm on Nov 4, 2011 (gmt 0) |
If you copy and paste from the address bar, it prepends the url with the protocol.
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That caught me the other day, I carefully typed "http://" before pasting then took a second to realise why the link didn't work.
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