Feedback wanted regarding prettyURL()

[Jens Herden]

Hi,

> In KDE3, I see that the password is already stripped, so if you were
> actually using a login, the URL already "invalid"... except that konq is
> caching your credentials anyway. Therefore, what is the problem with
> always removing the user name? One could even argue that this improves
> security when logging in legitimately, in the same manner that removing
> the password from the displayed URL does.

I find it very nice and helpful to see the username in an FTP and FISH URL. 
Removing it in this cases makes it very difficult to see who I am on the 
server.

Jens
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