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...Which is why I said "over a secure connection".

This method is no less secure than the standard "client sends server password over HTTPS" scheme.

> ...Which is why I said "over a secure connection".

... and how do you set up a secure connection without a pre-existing password?

Your solution has a chicken-and-egg problem.

HTTPS, the same way everything else solves this problem.

HTTPS doesn't solve the problem of not having to send the plaintext password to the server.

SRP does.

SRP (e.g. TLS-SRP) doesn't require the server to have the plaintext password.

The guy I was replying to was arguing against SRP and proposing his own ad-hoc solution.

The connection doesn't matter, you're still sending the plain-text password to the server. The server still has the password.