My url isn't your url

Re:My url isn't your url by kmike84 on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @09:02AM (#11674854)

There are 3 ways to get an URL:

a) URL is entered to the address bar. Default encoding (it seems UTF-8) is used for query and fragment. b) User clicks on a link. Page URL is used; page encoding is already known. c) Redirect to a new URL happens. I can't say out of my head what happens in this case.

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Re:My url isn't your url by jrochkind1 on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @02:03PM (#11677672)

This is just a recipe for massive confusion though.

You're saying if I click on a link with an IRI in a non-UTF8 html page, it means one thing.

But if I copy and paste that link into a text file, and later paste it into a browser, it'll mean something else entirely? Or if I save it to a bookmark using some service?

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Re:My url isn't your url by kmike84 on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @10:19PM (#11680917)

Yeah, it is a recipe for confusion. Browsers use a workaround: when you copy an URL of a link (using "Copy Link Address" in Chrome or "Copy Link Location" in Firefox) it copies escaped URL, not original URL.

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