and the http://? most url's work fine with out the http://www.-- and like area codes-- just get dropped-- if you call international frequently, you know the 011 internation access code (US) and the country code and the city code-- and just can get "the number". The web is easier-- why work at fixing something that aint broke?

amazon.com in the location box of my browser is just as effective as hppt://www.amazon.com