241101 - typo in download manager

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[Jeff]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a) Gecko/20040419
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a) Gecko/20040419

real minor.. i cancelled an item in my download manager, and it was listed as
"canceled" instead of "cancelled". 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. download something
2. cancel it before it's complete
3. see the typo "canceled"

Actual Results:  
saw the typo

Expected Results:  
spelled it right

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Actually, both spellings are perfectly acceptable and in common use.  Consult
your local dictionary (or see
http://webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=canceled&x=0&y=0)

Comment 2

[Patrick]

searching www.m-w.com for "canceled" gives
"One entry found for cancel.
Main Entry: 1can·cel
Pronunciation: 'kan(t)-s&l
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -celed or -celled; -cel·ing or can·cel·ling"

Seems to be nothing wrong with the word, unless we use "cancelled" at other
places and Moz is internally inconsistent.

Comment 3

[:glob ✱]

> Seems to be nothing wrong with the word, unless we use "cancelled" at other
> places and Moz is internally inconsistent.

i was interested and according to lxr it's almost 50/50 between cancelled and
canceled

    629 cancelled
    552 canceled

Comment 4

[Patrick]

I'm leaving this one as INVALID [it technically is not a "typo"] and filed a new
bug for the inconsistencies, see bug 241181.