448128 - ? displayed in place of special characters

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Jim Huffman]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080702 Firefox/2.0.0.16
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080702 Firefox/2.0.0.16

If my site is accessed as "http://www.jimrhuff.com" then special characters are displayed as "?"

If my site is accessed as "http://www.jimrhuff.com/index.html" then the special characters are displayed correctly

If I use the special character entity code such as è then it doesn't matter which entry path is used.  Unfortunately, my namo web editor converts an "è" to the special character, even in the html code.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. http;//www.jimrhuff.com  yields ? marks in place of special characters
2. http://www.jimrhuff.com/index.html yields correct display of special characters
3.


Expected Results:  
special characters in netscape and IE display properly irrespective of entry method into home page

Shouldn't firefox operate the same?

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.x or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.