On 2/21/12 5:28 PM, David E. Ross wrote: > On 2/21/12 4:20 PM, gjikkl wrote: >> I stand correct on the percentage-encoding not being Unicode. >> >> Well IMO this shouldn't even be a problem, is kinda of common this >> percentage-encoding and all browsers should recognize it and make the >> proper translation. > > Browsers do recognize percent-encoding when found in a domain, path, > file, query (following a &), or fragment (following a #). But > percent-encoding is not allowed for separation characters or protocols. > > In your URI > <http%3A%2F%2Fi283.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fkk284%2Fdismadrosa13%2Fline.gif>: > > > http is the protocol. > > You have %3A%2F%2F in place of ://, which are separation characters > where percent-encoding is illegal. Not only does SeaMonkey not support > the use of percent-encoding for separation characters, but Internet > Explorer (the only other browser installed on my PC) also does not > support it. > > i283.photobucket.com is the domain. > > You have %2F in place of / four more times, which are more separation > characters (1) between the domain and the path, (2) two times within the > path (albums/kk284/dismadrosa13), and (3) between the path and the file > (line.gif). > > I previously referred to RFC 3986. Please read it. > > Note that & is a special character in HTML. Since RFC 3986 specifies > its use as the separation character before a query in a URI, HTML > provides for & in place of & in a URI. Browsers translate & > into & when ever it is found, in a URI or in plain text content. I do > not think browsers support %26 for that purpose within a URI. >
By the way, the software that handles URIs is in the Gecko core. This means that SeaMonkey, Firefox, Thunderbird, and other Gecko-based applications all refuse to support percent-encoded separation characters. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
