This change in behavior could create some confusion. At my university (~40 000 users estimated) sftp and ssh access are only allowed to different servers (login.domain and sftp.domain). Not saying that that's a reason not to change this behavior, but then dolphin (and other apps) should probably change the text "Secure shell (ssh)" to "Secure shell (sftp)" to avoid confusion.
This change in behavior could create some confusion. At my university (~40 000 users estimated) sftp and ssh access are only allowed to different servers (login.domain and sftp.domain). Not saying that that's a reason not to change this behavior, but then dolphin (and other apps) should probably change the text "Secure shell (ssh)" to "Secure shell (sftp)" to avoid confusion.