Archive for 29 November 2005

Nordic Characters in URLs — Part 2
29 November 2005 in Root | Comments (1)

A continuation on Why Don’t Nordic Characters in URLs Work in IE and Opera, But Only in Firefox?

I told you in the last post that URL encoding isn’t working correctly in Internet Explorer 6, and I forgot to provide the proof, which is now neatly presented here:

Internet Explorer 6 can\'t handle å ä and ö

Well, know what? Pocket Internet Explorer that comes preloaded on Pocket PCs can handle Nordic characters! How strange is that? The following screenshot is from Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Pocket PC:

Pocket Internet Explorer, on the other hand, can handle å ä and ö

That is so strange for two similar products coming from the same company. But, IE6 was released sometime around 2001 while the version of PIE that I used was released in 2004 and a lot has happened since. But it seems I need to correct my last post (or rather the title of it): Nordic characters only seem to work in Firefox and Pocket Internet Explorer.

And, while I’m a roll here — Nordic characters isn’t only the few I’ve been mentioning but: á, å, ä, æ, ø, ó and ö. (Might have forgotten something from Iceland and the Faroe Islands.) Å ä and ö are so much easier to use since they are here on my keyboard and I don’t like to use Windows’ charmap too often. ;)

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