[ILUG] unique buglet in netscape, url truncation

Robert Elliott rde at irelands-web.ie
Sat Jun 12 17:21:49 IST 1999


Lars Hecking wrote:
> 
> Caolan McNamara writes:
> > *sigh* there i was trying to look at my favourite welsh town's
> > webite, only netscape insisted on truncating the url, I had to drop
> > the www. to get netscape to open the site.
> >
> > url is
> >
> > http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk/
> >
> > Its real.
> 
>  Works fine here on Solaris, netrape 4.6.
Not on linux 2.0.35 with netscape 4.6 it doesn't.
As an aside, it refers to itself as the longest url on the web. Anyone
feel like correcting their jargon? I couldn't be arsed.

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Robert Elliott             http://www.irelands-web.ie/rde
rde at irelands-web.ie




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