Richard Porter <[email protected]> wrote: >On 10 Mar 2014 Jeremy Nicoll - ml netsurf wrote: > >> Tim Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> >>>Just came across this URL which opens in 'other' browsers but not in RISC >>>OS NetSurf here. Okay, I'll admit to using an old version (3.1 #1298) >>>but no doubt I'll be told if later versions do cope. ;-) >>> >>>http://dahlström.net/svg/favicon/favicon.html >>> >>>(which StronEd doesn't but Pluto translates to >>>http://dahlstr%F6m.net/svg/favicon/favicon.html) > >> That looks right, but > >>>http://dahlström.net/svg/favicon/favicon.html >>>and this >>>http://dahlström.net/svg/favicon/favicon.html > > > those should not work; the "&xxx;" things are valid inside HTML whereas > > inside a URL you need to follow the rules for encoding funny characters > > in URLs, ie the %xx values. > > http://dahlstrom.net/ does resolve although the site doesn't work in > NetSurf.
And? First this seems to me to have no bearing on what I posted, so why quote it? ... and second the OP mentioned that the sites with and without the accent are different sites so it's hardly a surprise that the unaccented URL "does resolve". -- Jeremy C B Nicoll - my opinions are my own.
