[whatwg] input type="url" allow URLs without http:// prefix
Bruce Lawson
brucel at opera.com
Sun Jul 12 01:46:19 PDT 2009
Hi Cabal
The eleventy squillion WordPress sites out there that allow comments ask
for your web page address as well as name and email. The method of
entering a URL does not require the http:// prefix; just beginning the URL
with www is accepted.
As it's very common for people to drop the http:// prefix on advertising,
business cards etc (and who amongst us reads out the prefix when reading a
URL on the phone?) I'd like to suggest that input type="url" allows the
http:// prefix to be optional on input and, if ommitted, be assumed when
parsing.
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Hang loose and stay groovy,
Bruce Lawson
Web Evangelist
www.opera.com (work)
www.brucelawson.co.uk (personal)
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