[whatwg] Proposal for improved handling of '#' inside of data URIs

On 2011-09-12 21:47, Michal Zalewski wrote:
> What about javascript: URLs?
>
> Right now, every browser seems to treat javascript:alert('#') in an
> "intuitive" manner.
>
> This likely goes beyond data: and javascript:, so I think it would be
> useful to look at it more holistically.

Maybe. Or it makes sense to do it one at a time :-).

Observation: javascript: IMHO isn't a URI scheme (it just occupies a 
place in the same lexical space), so maybe the right thing to do is to 
document it as historic exception that only exists in browsers.

Best regards, Julian

Received on Monday, 12 September 2011 13:22:36 UTC