the fact that its THERE though. at the very front. accomplishes the same function
No, it doesn't. It will ruin vanity generators ("NJOHN-1234" instead of "NXT-JOHN-1234") and it will look like part of a random string in all other cases:
NFKJ4-FSE5-56SF-FSJR6V
N9G7J-G2JK-L6O9-7DR7VK
I dont particularly care for the N prefix AT ALL. but if we absolutely MUST then please just make it part of the address, with no dash. it removes the balance of the address.
We don't have to. The prefix is optional, thus it can be "NXT-". If you prefer short addresses you just don't add it at all. Probably will be an option in clients.