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by Despite 5464 days ago
He's talking about when you select the URL to copy it to another application, say an email or instant message. At that time you need the http:// so the other app knows it's an URL. Which means you're putting something in the clipboard which is not visible in the user's selection. Which is weird and bad.
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Most apps seem to recognise URLs without http by now, though.