Re: Mac IE5 html bug = ampersand?
by "Tracey Huntingford" <thmail(at)hwired.com>
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Thu, 25 May 2000 11:16:16 -0700 |
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"Nathan Lyle" <natlyle(at)nmu.edu>, <anastasia(at)austin.rr.com> |
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<hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org> |
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Tracey Huntingford thmail(at)hwired.com asked:
> >> One of my clients is having a problem accessing pages with links such
as
> >> below. He is using an Imac with IE5. Can anyone running IE5 on a Mac
> >> or Imac try clicking these links and letting me know if they are a
problem?
> >> http://www.hwcounter.com/cgi-bin/pages.cgi?332000035
> >> http://www.hwcounter.com/cgi-bin/pages.cgi?332000035&&date=today
"stacey" <anastasia(at)austin.rr.com> replied:
> >- yep, it crashes the program every time you try to go to the second
link.
> >stacey
"Nathan Lyle" <natlyle(at)nmu.edu> replied:
> Should there be two "&" in the address? I'm not sure that would be enough
> to crash the program... but I've only ever seen one ampersand at a time
> before... <shrug>
Will it work in Mac IE5 with just 1 ampersand like this?
http://www.hwcounter.com/cgi-bin/pages.cgi?332000035&date=today
I think the problem is any amount of ampersands which has to be a bug since
so many web apps need to use ampersands in their urls.
Regards,
Tracey Huntingford
mailto:webmaster(at)hwcounter.com
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