- From: Terje Bless <link@pobox.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 18:26:43 +0100
- To: W3C Validator <www-validator@w3.org>
- cc: Craig Macbride <craigm@ragingbull.com>, KlausRusch@atmedia.net
Klaus Johannes Rusch <KlausRusch@atmedia.net> wrote:
>Craig Macbride wrote:
>>The fact that some people are used to the misspelling is irrelevant.
>>Most people who use your web site don't need to use HTTP specs directly
>>and may never even know about the misspelling. Someone unaware of the
>>HTTP mistake and just seeing your URL on links would think you're
>>idiots.
I suspect that attitude is allready well established. :-)
>>How hard would it be to have a URL to the correct spelling as well as
>>the incorrect one?
>
>Allowing both spellings IMHO would make sense, only using /referrer
>would not.
Ok, the alternate spelling is now also recognized (changed in will be in
the next version), but we still use /referer in the text.
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