Closed Bug 288746 Opened 19 years ago Closed 19 years ago

link <a =href\>...</a> does not work properly

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

x86
All
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

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RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 176312

People

(Reporter: wolfger, Assigned: bugzilla)

References

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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050325 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050325 Firefox/1.0.2

On the example site, there exists a link on the "legio draconis" image that
reads <a href=\> which shows up in Mozilla and Firefox as
http://www.legiodraconis.com/%5C when followed, but which is interpretted in IE
and Opera as http://www.legiodraconis.com/ 
As a result, the link is broken in Mozilla/Firefox browsers. I have alerted the
webmaster as to the problem, so there is a possibility this may be gone from the
site when you check for it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create site with an <a href=\>
2. click on the link
3. observe the fact that the link does not work
Actual Results:  
browser steers to <web-root directory>/%5C

Expected Results:  
steer to <web-root directory>
IE assumes that \ is a typo for / and replaces it for you. Mozilla/Firefox don't.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 176312 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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