Bug 171980

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@bar.com" will be replaced with "ssh linklink", as Kopete interprets "foo@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.