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I'm sure the same thing was said about inner-tube tires. I mean, why re-invent the wheel?

Because have you ever ridden a bicycle with a flat tire? I hardly think the two use cases compare.

Anyway Comment #24 makes a lot of sense http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=40865#c24 I see the enhancement for the end users who have NFI what http is but leaving it there provides more advantages as a whole than removing it.

Even better, but there seems to be tons of enthusiasm on the Chromium team for removing http. I'm just hoping they minimize the collateral damage.

Reminds me of another dominant tech company with a history of thinking it knows better than its users and making awful UI decisions.

Canonical?

controversial != awful

Sometimes doing things like that work, re: floppy drives and the iMac.

That's a saying that works only when things fail. But if you applied it to everything all the time, then no progress will be made.