Ben Bucksch wrote: > Yes. I find it irritating how people like you make text recognitions > *plaintext tags* and quote bars sound like the root of all evil, but > seem to take URL recognition for granted, not realizing that URL > recognition usually involves even more guessing than the quote bars, for > example. >
You may extend my arguments even to URL recognition. > Why does it matter, if you like it, when you can turn it off? As pointed out elsewhere a feature that is not working correctly in all cases *and* may surprise/irritate a (novice) user shall not be enabled by default. It should be made opt-in in the sense of making the user consent to using incompletely implemented functions. To answer your question: It does matter *because* I have to turn it of *and* I can't do so with the means of the application.
