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I am not sure what purpose ditching the http:// serves, it seems the problems outweigh any benefits. What do you guys think?

When you see some text prefixed by “http://” you automatically know that what follows is a web address, as defined by the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The question is — since most web addresses are easily recognizable anyway — do you really need it? The developers of Google Chrome() don’t think you do, so they simply chose to hide it in a developer version of Chrome.
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great for troubleshooting dns issues when sites without www is working. wait nm
 
Can't really say I'd miss it... but on the other hand it's not taking up much room so why bother removing it?
 
I see it as dumbing things down. I also think MS dumbed-down Windows/users when they made it default to have file extensions hidden (WIN98 or WINXP they did this?) when they should have left them there so people would learn WTH an extension is and why it's bad to open a .VBS or .EXE file WITH AN MP3 ICON ON IT@#! OH, THAT'S NOT A DOT-MP3, IT'S AN EXECUTABLE, IT COULD CAUSE HARM.

:)
 
Not sure how I feel about this. I still look for "https://" despite the padlock icon, but I guess it's just an old habit. It's pretty obvious in Chrome when your connection is secure without it. Maybe it actually makes sense.

Still, Chrome has issues that need to be addressed before they do stuff like this. There are still issues with disappearing checkboxes and HTML5 features that have been implemented but are otherwise glitchy.
 
I don't see it matters much if it is part of the address as displayed in the browser. different issue on any webpages where text is modified to contain embedded URLs.
 
Mashable said:
The question is — since most web addresses are easily recognizable anyway — do you really need it?
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The question is: is Google flipping W3 the bird?
 
What is the point of taking it out???

It's not like it takes up a lot of space or anything, just leave it in.
 
It's a useful part of the syntax, common ones I've used that come to mind:
ftp:
nntp:
about:
unreal:
https:
Any new form of encryption for HTTP traffic that could be developed?

I've seen several applications tap into the URI scheme, though generally they don't hit websites they just trigger a local application to load. Mailto, Steam, download accelerators, games, P2P apps, IM apps, others that aren't coming to mind. I assume it wouldn't effect these?


Others: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme
 
Wasn't there a saying, every time someone says, 'h' 't' 't' 'p' colon backslash backslash, a nerd somewhere dies? I said it a couple hundred times and watched the news to see if there had been a death somewhere in the tech industry, but all that happened was the plane carrying the Polish heads of state crashed, so I knew that was bust. Still I proceeded to say it a few hundred more time.
 
Why does everyone insist on getting rid of the local hostname, the subdomain? That is also used and an important part of URL's.

Used to distinquish between different servers on the same domain.
E.G.
www.comcast.net
ftp.comcast.net
smtp.comcast.net

E.G.2 different www servers for languages
en.wikipedia.org
de.wikipedia.org
 
phide said:
I'd assume you can still type it in, but it just won't be displayed.
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That's how it is. By default, the HTTP protocol is used. Normally, if you were to go to localhost:1337 or something, you wouldn't be able to access it if it used the HTTP protocol, so you'd have to type http://localhost:1337. Now, however, you can drop the http:// and it'll work. https://, on the other hand, is still shown when a site uses HTTPS.
 
They should take it to the extreme and ditch the .com.

So "http://" will be implied, "www." will be implied, and ".com" will be implied, and ":80" will be implied.
 
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J-Will said:
taking out the www is way more important
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Rubbish. the http:// signifies a protocol - specifically the http protocol and hence important . the www is just a part of the textually address and hs no bearing on protocol. In fact I think that addding the www was the worst thing that was ever done for the web - there is absolutely no need for it and lengthens addresses. It is akin to putting road (or street) as a prefix to a road name - no need for it.
 
what the heck?
i still use gopher:// !!!! :p
 
djoye said:
I see it as dumbing things down. I also think MS dumbed-down Windows/users when they made it default to have file extensions hidden (WIN98 or WINXP they did this?) when they should have left them there so people would learn WTH an extension is and why it's bad to open a .VBS or .EXE file WITH AN MP3 ICON ON IT@#! OH, THAT'S NOT A DOT-MP3, IT'S AN EXECUTABLE, IT COULD CAUSE HARM.

:)
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Haha, I agree. File extensions hidden is so retarded, I don't even know where to start. But, not all Windows users are dumb. ;)
 
cyberjt said:
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In fact I think that addding the www was the worst thing that was ever done for the web - there is absolutely no need for it and lengthens addresses. It is akin to putting road (or street) as a prefix to a road name - no need for it.
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Agreed!
 
I thought most smart people used ctrl+enter or shift + enter to avoid typing it.

Maybe they should simply learn the shortcut rather than whining about typing?
 
What if you want your base domain not to be a web server, but a different kind of server, and your website to be at www.?
 
Do people realize that "www" is a DNS entry? http on the other hand, not really needed, I guess. But it doesn't take away from a web address.
 
Cyrilix said:
Then how do you know if it's a road, a street, an avenue, a crescent, or a place?
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Exactly, I'd like to see them find their way around NYC without street, avenue, etc identifiers. Hah, I'd really like to see that in Queens!
 
Oh, and I don't really care if they omit http:// as long as I can choose whether or not it's displayed. I personally like the way IE highlights the domain name in the URI (I've been reading that URL is no longer a proper term).
 
RangerXML said:
Wasn't there a saying, every time someone says, 'h' 't' 't' 'p' colon backslash backslash, a nerd somewhere dies? I said it a couple hundred times and watched the news to see if there had been a death somewhere in the tech industry, but all that happened was the plane carrying the Polish heads of state crashed, so I knew that was bust. Still I proceeded to say it a few hundred more time.
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That wasn't even close to funny. Good try. Heil Hittler.

Kiss my Ass.
 
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