[whatwg] Feedback on Meta referrer

Simon Pieters simonp at opera.com
Mon Jan 2 00:39:40 PST 2012


On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:54:27 +0100, David Bruant <bruant.d at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Le 31/12/2011 19:46, Adam Barth a écrit :
>> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 10:30 AM, David Bruant <bruant.d at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> I think there could be a use case for same-origin+fragment-less URL
>>> which allows for "internal" tracking but not external tracking.
>> Yeah, that makes sense.  I'm not sure whether we need to have the
>> whole matrix though.  Thoughts on a good name?
> "internal", maybe?
> I'm not 100% up to date with specific vocabulary regarding origins&DOM,
> so I'm don't know if "internal" already has another meaning or could be
> interpreted in another way in this context.

It also seems plausible to want fragment-less URL for same-origin requests  
and origin-only URL for cross-origin requests.

-- 
Simon Pieters
Opera Software



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