[dev] Fwd: [bugs] [Bug 533] Changed - broken urls in generated code

Anil Madhavapeddy anil@recoil.org
Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:21:47 +0000


Quoting Max Kalika <max@the-triumvirate.net>:

> NS 2 did it way back when to "make it easier" for web page creators.
> IE4 seems to have the same bug.  I has been fixed since.

'To make it easier' - that one is funny ;)

> 
> Personally I don't think catoring to the broken-browser world is worth the 
> trouble.  The only way I can think of truly fixing this problem is with 
> javascript wrapper functions for every url -- bleh!  Otherwise, making sure 
> that the field names match no known entity name, would be good enough.
> 

I completely agree.  Better to encourage people to upgrade I think.
If it were a modern browser like IE5 or NS4 then it might be another
issue, but NS2 and IE4 are pretty old now ...

-- 
Anil Madhavapeddy, <anil@recoil.org>