[kopete-bugs] [Bug 171980] New: Kopete mangles links in chat window

[Josh Berry]

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171980

           Summary: Kopete mangles links in chat window
           Product: kopete
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kopete-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: des at condordes.net


Version:           SVN r866422 (using Devel)
Compiler:          gcc 4.3 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

For a while now, Kopete has been replacing URLs typed in chat conversations
with the text "linklink" (which links to the correct URL).  It has also been
replacing actual links (e.g. <A href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> becomes
<A href="http://www.google.com">link</a>).

The latter behavior is incorrect -- the sender clearly intended the link to
appear with specific text, and Kopete should honor that.

Also, IMHO the former behavior (replacing bare URLs with "linklink", instead of
just making them clickable) is obnoxious.  If someone sends the text
"http://www.google.com" to me, I should see the text "http://www.google.com".

Kopete cannot correctly interpret, 100% of the time, whether some text should
be interpreted as a link or not -- for example, "ssh foo at bar.com" will be
replaced with "ssh linklink", as Kopete interprets "foo at bar.com" to be an email
address.  The meaning of the original message has been obscured (and can no
longer be copy-pasted, if necessary).

Also, while relatively minor, it's annoying to have to hover over the link and
wait for the tooltip to see what URL the link is to.  Before, I could just read
the text.

People nowadays know what URLs are, and what they are supposed to look like. 
Hiding them only makes the sender's message less clear.  No other chat client
does this, so I think ultimately this behavior will only result in confusion.

Please revert this change.  Or, add an option for it, and leave it disabled by
default.

Thanks.


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