encoded URLs for all HTML4 browsers? about history.js HOT 6 CLOSED

Hi Jon,

Yeah, having the urls encoded does seem a bit weird, but as mentioned in the readme there is not a lot we can do about this:

Note 2: These urls will be url-encoded in all HTML4 Browsers except Opera as it does not url-encode the urls. The url-encoding is necessary for these browsers as otherwise it won't work (the hashes won't actually apply). There is nothing we can do about this.

Someone (me, you?) will have to do a up a proper report on which HTML4 browsers (and versions) actually require the url-encoding, as maybe there are other workarounds that could be used.

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Sorry I didn't read the readme. This does make me sad. I'll take a look at the code to better understand the issues. I might have to avoid data persistence for now as my client will likely not accept URLs with that much encoding.

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Sorry to hear that. Here are the options though - which may just work:

1. Remove the URL encoding. Check to see which browsers fail - by running the tests.
2. For the browsers which fail, perform the URL encode however do a .replace(encodedEntity,normalEntity) after the escape to discover which entities are actually allowed - perhaps they fail on hashes that contain things like !@#$%^&*()_ but not on hashes that just contain -/_?& - worth investigation.

If you're willing to look at this, that'll help a ton :) Right now I'm focusing on getting IE browsers working with the latest dev branch. Feel free to add me on Skype (username balupton) and I'll help you out if you'd like to tackle this yourself :)

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I've been able to make progress on this. Firefox 3 and Opera 11 are fine with some url entities allowed in their normal form. Will test in IE.

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IE6 requires the entire hash to be encoded to work properly. A bit unfortunate, but oh well. FF3.6 and IE7,8,9 only require some parts. And Opera 10,11 ignore the encoding.

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v1.6 is now out which fixes this issue. Marking as resolved and closing :D

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