Comment 38 for bug 239360

(In reply to comment #36)
> In keeping with Bob's note about how the port box affects him,
> when I see a "location" box with nothing in it, I want to enter
> a city name and/or street address. I realize that FireFox now
> calls its URL bar a location bar. Even so, I suggest that we
> pre-fill the box with "http://" to clue the user (like me) as
> to what kind of location is being requested.

I've seen web sites that put something into search fields, like "Type your search here". They make the text a bit gray, and when you click on the field, that initial string vanishes. Maybe we could do the same here? Perhaps even suggest "e.g. https://www.example.com" or "https://..."?