Question
When navigating throughout SE, can't the protocol be carried over, based on the previous page visited?
I know in Rails (which SE is not written in), you can link to sites as //example.com
, which will use the protocol from the originating page. I wonder if the same can be done for SE.
Based on this 2014 meta question, SE has been working on full HTTPS support for nearly four years. I guess the estimated delivery is about 6 to 8 years instead?
Issues
- Visit StackOverflow as HTTPS
- Affected
- Chat and meta links in the navbar
- Meta links in sidebar
- Unaffected: careers link in navbar
- Affected
- Visit SO chat as HTTPS
- Affected
- Footer: SO logo, privacy policy, and legal
- Tags in room description
- Unaffected: all other links (excluding starred items)
- Affected
<a>
with a href starting with//host.com
will use the same protocol. So if you're onhttps://meta.stackexchange.com
, a link to//chat.meta.stackexchange.com
will link to https chat. See this image – Universal Electricity Feb 10 '16 at 15:49