Place database URLs

[dahill 0]

Under Web > Place Databases we see links to four place databases.

Clicking on Customize shows the actual URLs: I have verified that they are all correct.

 

However, when I click on any one of them, errors are introduced in transfering the information to Mozilla Firefox.

 

Example for placenames in Canada: http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/ is the correct URL, seen under Customize. The data transfered to Firefox is http://\\geonames.nrcan.gc.ca"/ . The added characters are \\ and " . Is anyone else having this problem with Firefox or Explorer?

[Paul Lawrence 0]

Under Web > Place Databases we see links to four place databases.

Clicking on Customize shows the actual URLs: I have verified that they are all correct.

 

However, when I click on any one of them, errors are introduced in transfering the information to Mozilla Firefox.

 

Example for placenames in Canada:  http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/  is the correct URL, seen under Customize.  The data transfered to Firefox is  http://\\geonames.nrcan.gc.ca"/ .    The added characters are  \\  and  "  .  Is anyone else having this problem with Firefox or Explorer?

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Under Preferences>Program Options>Other check or uncheck (depending on current setting) "Send URLs to the browser with backslashes", and try it....

[dahill 0]

Problem solved! Under Preferences > Program options > Other, I had checked the box for "send URLs to the browser with backslashes". Unchecking this box solved my problem. So now I only want to ask "Why we are given this option?"

[Paul Lawrence 0]

Problem solved!  Under Preferences > Program options > Other,  I had checked the box for "send URLs to the browser with backslashes".  Unchecking this box solved my problem.    So now I only want to ask  "Why we are given this option?"

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It appears some browers are sensitive to the direction of the slashes in the URLs....some accept them in either direction....