Automatically linkify URLs

[spoorun]

User (writer) enters a URL when typing a message/post Another User (reader) goes to read the post and tries to open the URL link

Expected: The URL will be clickable by the reader of the message/post

Actual: Unless the writer has linkified the URL, it is not clickable by the reader

This is a major usability barrier as

1. basic or casual users will not understand or know they need to linkify links
2. other writing, messaging , posting software automatically linkifies links, that is the User's legitimate expectation
3. unless a User is writing a careful post with labelling of links, the linkifying process is unnecessary and time-consuming

Proposed:

URLs should be automatically linkified

If a User wishes to manually linkify (for example to add a title to the link) they can still do so manually by selecting the text and clicking the link icon, as before