FreeLists / arachne / [arachne] Re: Why can't Arachne find this web site?

["Ron Clarke" <ariadne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hi Folks,

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:41:11 +1030, Greg Mayman wrote:

> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:02:27 +1000, Ron Clarke wrote:

>> Arachne can handle it.  Any problem does not lie there.

> Correction, Ron. Arachne can NOT handle the URL
> http://www.fnfsr.org/%20site/Welcome.html which is what the user
> is redirected to when connecting to that other site.

   Actually, she does.  She looked for a URL exactly as you have written
it, above.  And it isn't there. Hence the "not found" screen.

> The corrected URL, namely http://www.fnfsr.org/site/Welcome.html
> loads OK with Arachne.

   Perzackly !   :)

   Because THAT URL does exist.  The other one doesn't, therefore
couldn't be found.  

> We are led to believe that other browsers can load the site when
> fed with the URL that contains the "%20" but obviously Arachne
> can NOT do so.

    Now we are getting to the point.  :)

    We must assume that other browsers may be making allowances for
mistypings - perhaps a doubtful "enhancement", which assumes that there
aren't real URLs that legitimately include spaces.

> Since Arachne can NOT handle this type of URL, and it is said
> that other browsers can, then I would say we have a problem.

   This particular "type" of URL happens to be, at its kindest, a typo.
Should Arachne really be assuming that what the writer REALLY meant was
something other than what was written ?

   I agree it can be irritating, but does it happen very often ?

Regards,
        Ron



Ron Clarke
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