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Re: The location field; a vestige from the early d
by Herman Robak on Wednesday 23/Nov/2005, @07:45

I am not sure whether _editing_ the URLs in a 5-part form would be preferrable. But I think it is worth considering.

As for copying and pasting: there are context menus for page addresses and link URLs. I think a raw/formatted toggle is called for, to not disrupt the workflow of those who rely on raw, editable URLs in the address field. Changing it over night with no way back is way too disruptive.

bluGill: Sure, we shall forever be able to pass URLs around in one piece. Just like we can pass around files of HTML edited in Notepad. They just won't appear verbatim in modern clients, like HTML is not shown like a bunch of tags in monospaced font to most users. Old-timers will complain during the transition, because they think the URL widgets are more convoluted than plain raw URLs.

It's time to expect a richer representation of URLs than we are used to today! For example, a URL widget could contain the anchor text. Of course, the anchor text is not always helpful, like the WAI-defying "here" or "next". But would it hurt to make such accessibility failures stand out more?

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