Hello Robert,

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:47:25 -0400 GMT (24/04/2007, 23:47 +0700 GMT),
Robert Rainwater wrote:

RR> No, it doesn't work in Firefox.  Firefox has to convert the url to a
RR> valid url before it makes the HTTP request
RR> (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADa_Internacional_del_Libro).

Exactly: Firefox converts it, i.e. it works.

RR> I suspect IE does the same but it just doesn't display the
RR> conversion in the location bar. The only reason Firefox can
RR> convert it, is because it knows the only data allowed in the
RR> location bar is a URL. A text parser doesn't have the same luxury.

Well, the text parser does. How else would it highlight the URLs? And
even if you right-click on it, the context menu gives you the choice
"Open URL". Wow.

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Cheers,
Thomas.

Early to rise and early to bed, makes a man healthy but socially dead.
http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/

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