Firefox 7.01 not showing http protocols in address bar

[Robert Charlton]

I just updated because I couldn't stand the nagging and discovered that Firefox 7.01 is not showing http/https protocols in the address bar. What a PITA!

I searched and see that there's a workaround to fix it, but what with dealing with last minute work before PubCon, who has time for hassling with stuff like that?

I can't think of a good reason why they'd do this. I assume there might be at least a bad reason, but it sure breaks a lot of my workflow.

Back to my old motto: Never upgrade. :(

[lucy24]

[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.

(note use of the passive voice)

and

You can set the pref browser.urlbar.trimURLs to false on the about:config page to see the http: protocol

In other words: if it shows nothing, it means it's the default http:

... at least until people start reporting exceptions.

[Robert Charlton]

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.

[johnblack]

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

[robzilla]

This has been the default behavior in Chrome for quite some time.

[Robert Charlton]

Thanks johnblack. You've save me a lot of hassle.

[piatkow]

If you copy and paste from the address bar, it prepends the url with the protocol.

That caught me the other day, I carefully typed "http://" before pasting then took a second to realise why the link didn't work.