- From: Bob Jernigan <jern@spaceaix.jhuapl.edu>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 11:01:47 -0500 (EDT)
- To: Erik Aronesty <earonesty@montgomery.com>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
I think I remember Philip ;-) H-B taking credit for this. It's in the spec so forget about changing it. In the headers it's "Referer". There is no requirement to propogate the spelling beyond the headers. > > Netscape spells it "Referer". > > Webster's insists it's Referrer not Referer.... > > The World-Wide Web Common Code Library version 2.16pre2 > produces "Referer" > > also spelled wrong > > NASA spells it "Referrer", and so does Netcape's JavaScript in their > "URL" library. > > http://cgi.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/Gold/handbook/javascript/ref_h-l.html > > > "IE: referrer - reflects the URL of the calling document " > > >
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