David E. Ross wrote:
On 8/12/10 6:45 AM, Ray_Net wrote:
David E. Ross wrote:
No, you have missed at least two points.
If the file is on your local PC running Windows, then
file:///C:/TEST/didyouseethepicture.htm
is the same as
file:\C:\TEST\didyouseethepicture.htm
Even SeaMonkey recognizes the \ in this case. But the URI will not work
for a file on a Web server if you use \ where the proper symbol is /.
When \ appears in a URI, either the user made a mistake or else it
stands for something other than /. IE was programmed to "guess" that
the user meant / when \ is used in a URI, which can be quite wrong if
the user meant something else. SeaMonkey follows the standards by not
guessing; this is also true of the other Gecko-based browsers.
The processing done by IE -- including the interpretation of \ in a URI
-- is definitely NOT always correct. Especially when trying to
interpret user errors, IE is very often wrong.
But The markup
>> <img src="IMAGES\pose-yoga.jpg" alt="pose-yoga.jpg">
works with SM when accessing the page in local or on a local webserver.
That is true. See my paragraph above, beginning "If the file is on your
local PC". That is because URIs that are paths to local files under
Windows do indeed use \.
Therefore SM is wrong when he got a good result .... because you said
that SM is correct when he cannot display the picture when the page is
on my isp webserver.
IE is more coherent, he work in all cases.
No. The specification says that URIs that are paths on servers use /
and NOT \. See the specification at
<ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3986.txt>. Gecko-based browsers
(including SeaMonkey) adhere to the specification. IE is notorious for
deviating from many specifications.
Instead of arguing about this -- because SeaMonkey is NOT wrong -- just
fix your HTML. Note that I have a copy of my Web site (currently 387
files) on my PC under Windows. Using / and not \, I can view all my
pages locally. Using \ and not /, I cannot view any page from my
server. Thus, I always code my URIs with /.
I agree of all you said, but i have just a remark:
You said:Using \ and not /, I cannot view any page from my
> server.
When i try with seamonkey from my server using "\" i can view from my
server...
All those are working:
http://raymond.homedns.org/IMAGES\pose-yoga.jpg
http://localhost/IMAGES\pose-yoga.jpg
http://127.0.1/IMAGES\pose-yoga.jpg
file:///C:/Program Files/Abyss Web Server/htdocs/IMAGES\pose-yoga.jpg
but - strange thing here SM have modified the URI as
file:///C:/Program Files/Abyss Web Server/htdocs/IMAGES\pose-yoga.jpg
So SM sometimes accept "\" and it works ...
...sometime transform it into"/" and it works
...
and here
The only non working case is when from my isp server:
http://home.scarlet.be/~pin10521/IMAGES\pose-yoga.jpg
He forgot to transform "\" into "/"
I agree that the fault come from between my chair and my keyboard -
however when preparing my pages all goes well until when i upload pages
on my isp webserver space. That was the begin of the story.There is only
one case when SM cannot render the page.
I had preferred that SM will not be able to display
file:///C:/Program Files/Abyss Web Server/htdocs/IMAGES\pose-yoga.jpg
nor
http://127.0.1/IMAGES\pose-yoga.jpg
If this was the case, i had finded the problem more fast and easely.
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