WOW, with so many posts you're definitely an active participant here, I hope all your comments are not worded as righteously as this. I've been 'dealing with it' for years, that's why I decided to request it as a feature. I believe it would be an excellent addition to EN. And in case you missed it, I'm NOT interested in using 3rd party software to achieve it (again, an excellent ADDITION TO EVERNOTE).
Good point, I think making it optional is a great idea that allows users more flexibility in how to use it, the very reason we probably all like EN. And thanks for mentioning the ability to edit the text of links, I forgot about that.
That's interesting, I wasn't aware of that.