← Back to context Comment by sebmellen 2 days ago Hilarious. I feel like referer looks correct now, having seen it so often. 9 comments sebmellen Reply jsheard 2 days ago Except now there's also the "Referrer-Policy" header, which is spelled correctly. I wonder if the spec committee debated calling it Referer-Policy for consistency. k1t 2 days ago Personally, I would have, since it refers to the Referer header it seems like it should follow the same spelling.It would be like CSS having a "color" attribute, but then doing something like "default-colour". varun_ch 2 days ago Exactly, a Referer on the web is its own thing now. Referrer should be considered a typo if you’re referring to the Referer header. 3 replies → dullcrisp 2 days ago It’s actually more like CSS having a “colr” attribute and then doing something like “default-color”. 2 replies →
jsheard 2 days ago Except now there's also the "Referrer-Policy" header, which is spelled correctly. I wonder if the spec committee debated calling it Referer-Policy for consistency. k1t 2 days ago Personally, I would have, since it refers to the Referer header it seems like it should follow the same spelling.It would be like CSS having a "color" attribute, but then doing something like "default-colour". varun_ch 2 days ago Exactly, a Referer on the web is its own thing now. Referrer should be considered a typo if you’re referring to the Referer header. 3 replies → dullcrisp 2 days ago It’s actually more like CSS having a “colr” attribute and then doing something like “default-color”. 2 replies →
k1t 2 days ago Personally, I would have, since it refers to the Referer header it seems like it should follow the same spelling.It would be like CSS having a "color" attribute, but then doing something like "default-colour". varun_ch 2 days ago Exactly, a Referer on the web is its own thing now. Referrer should be considered a typo if you’re referring to the Referer header. 3 replies → dullcrisp 2 days ago It’s actually more like CSS having a “colr” attribute and then doing something like “default-color”. 2 replies →
varun_ch 2 days ago Exactly, a Referer on the web is its own thing now. Referrer should be considered a typo if you’re referring to the Referer header. 3 replies →
dullcrisp 2 days ago It’s actually more like CSS having a “colr” attribute and then doing something like “default-color”. 2 replies →
Except now there's also the "Referrer-Policy" header, which is spelled correctly. I wonder if the spec committee debated calling it Referer-Policy for consistency.
Personally, I would have, since it refers to the Referer header it seems like it should follow the same spelling.
It would be like CSS having a "color" attribute, but then doing something like "default-colour".
Exactly, a Referer on the web is its own thing now. Referrer should be considered a typo if you’re referring to the Referer header.
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It’s actually more like CSS having a “colr” attribute and then doing something like “default-color”.
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