On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:13:09 +0100, Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Looking through the spec again, there is nothing about backslashes in URI's path being treated as a forward slash, behaviour needed for compatibility for quite a few websites.

I would be rather surprised if that were true, given that Firefox doesn't do it and I've never come across a website which broke for that reason. But maybe I live a sheltered life.

Working for osiolki.net (site that blacklists IE-only websites), I've come across a few.

http://www.google.com/search?q=site:osiolki.net+backslash&filter=0 (+ there are 4 more non-public cases).

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regards, Kornel LesiƄski

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