Safari's Stupid Copy URL Behavior

After a long absence, I've switched back to Safari from Camino. Safari was always too slow, but I want to give 3.0 a try.

I'm happy with it so far, except for the stupidest possible copy-and-paste behavior. If you Control-click a link, you have the option to copy it to the clipboard without visiting the page. This is useful if you're reading a post and you want to send the Permalink to someone, or you see a link somewhere that you know someone will appreciate, but you don't want to wait for the page to load.

But what does Safari do with that menu item? It copies the URL, and the link text. When I paste a permalink into an iChat window, an email, or even a text document, it just says "Permalink" and renders it as a clickable HTML link.

This violates a fundamental rule of good web design: Give the reader a clue about where a click will take them. I want the recipient to see where the link will go so that they know what to expect on the other end. I never ever ever want to send them the word "Permalink."

What possible rationale can there be for this? Who ever wants the text in the anchor element and not the value of the href attribute? The world has become used to seeing http:// etc.