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Bug 8333 - In the example: I do not understand why the URL that the user is accessing starts with upper case characters. If the point is, that this part is case insensitive, it should be spelled out instead of this example.
Summary: In the example: I do not understand why the URL that the user is accessing st...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: LC
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2009-11-19 08:46 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:28 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2009-11-19 08:46:01 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#appcache

Comment:
In the example: I do not understand why the URL that the user is accessing starts with upper case characters. If the point is, that this part is case insensitive, it should be spelled out instead of this example.

Posted from: 77.72.55.251
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-01-05 08:31:49 UTC 
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: Why shouldn't the URL start with uppercase letters? It's just an example of a URL that the user might type in.