Re: URI / URL edited at address bar by IE5.5

Jason Robinson wrote:
> I am wondering why "http:.." seems to be converted into "http://"
> automaticly by IE5.5 ?

IE's Address Bar widget and the underlying resolver have features that help 
compensate for poorly transcribed / typo-ridden URLs. This is one of them. 
It's probably just guessing that you meant to type // instead of .. ("." and 
"/" are right next to each other on many keyboards). This seems, uh, 
relatively harmless, and is just a usability feature, not an implementation of 
any standard.

I wish it would convert "www.foo.bar:8080" to "http://www.foo.bar:8080/".