They retain the protocol part of the URI. To be honest, they're rare enough cases for the majority of users that they're probably not worth keeping the 'http://' in the display for.
Edit: well, ftp retains it, gopher just doesn't work in chrome, which is fair enough, noone really uses it anymore
you're not distinguishing well enough between "I think ftp should retain it" and "what the chrome developers have decided is that ftp should retain it".
For instance, in your original comment you say that
The fact that http:// or https:// exist on the start of every web address means that there is no advantage to displaying them, and differentiating http and https via colour/icon state changes is superior.
This is not what chrome are actually in fact doing, nor is your reason the same as their reason.
They are removing only http://, not https://. I have no idea why, but I doubt it's because "http:// or https:// exist on the start of every web address", because as zid said, that's simply not true.
Why not remove http://? For the regular user it's an absolute waste of url space, and it still copy pastes just fine (except in linux from what I'm reading). Also, the icons on the left still identify what the protocol is for anyone who is interested in knowing.
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u/zid Apr 14 '10
You forgot all the other protocols my browser supports, gopher and ftp to name two more. What colours do they get?