The optional scheme in URLs

[alex wennerberg]

Quoting Alex Schroeder (2020-08-24 06:24:36)
> It turns out, this is not required. Just now, for example, I added link
> like the following:
> 
> => //flounder.online/ Flounder, for simple web people
> 
> The magic of URLs is that the actual target depends on what you're
> looking at: If you're looking at 
> https://transjovian.org:1965/gemini/page/Sites then the link goes to 
> https://flounder.online/ and when you're looking at
> gemini://transjovian.org/gemini/page/Sites then the link goes to
> gemini://flounder.online/.

Ah, this is awesome -- I never knew this was part of the URL spec. 
Glad you're enjoying my site :)

Alex