Richard Brodie wrote:
> Gervase Markham wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>>> <a HREF="http:/fmf/wwwpages/fmf_models.html">
>>
>> AIUI, this link is broken. The correct form is <a
>> href="fmf/wwwpages/fmf_models.html"> .
>
>
> Yes,see: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32966
Sigh.... In my browsing through bugzilla looking for this (I was looking
for "link" rather than "slash") I came across several other cases like
this where the solution has been "don't fix because the link is broken".
I can understand how that might sound like a tempting solution, but I
really believe it is excessively pedantic.
In this case it is even worse, because according to the bug report, the
behavior exhibited is in fact a deliberate attempt to fix a broken link.
If the URL had been typed by hand, the solution implemented might be
reasonable. But for a link imbedded in a document, I think I can
confidently predict that 95% of the time this is the wrong fix.
I would hate to see all these people put an incredible amount of work
into Mozilla, and then only the hardcore people use it because it
"doesn't work". It really doesn't matter whether the fault is with the
web page creators or Mozilla, if Mozilla is the only browser that
doesn't work.
--
My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
