You can see that the double slash ligature pulls a little too far to the right, visually disturbing URLs. This does not happen with e.g. the -> ligature, which remains perfectly centered within its space.
Incidentally, I would also argue that the single slash after ".com" cuts the m a little too closely.
Screenshot from "swift" demo on http://larsenwork.com/monoid/:
You can see that the double slash ligature pulls a little too far to the right, visually disturbing URLs. This does not happen with e.g. the
->
ligature, which remains perfectly centered within its space.Incidentally, I would also argue that the single slash after ".com" cuts the
m
a little too closely.