On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 10:20:51 +0000, Rob Kendrick wrote: > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:10:55AM +0000, Chris Young wrote: > > Hi > > > > This has just been pointed out to me. When typing an IP address into > > NetSurf's URL bar with no scheme attached (eg. just 192.168.0.10), > > NetSurf appears to pass this directly to gui_launch_url() rather than > > handling it the same as if a dotted host name had been typed in. > > However, it's slightly worse than that, as even 192.com is not > > recognised. > > While it's obviously not ideal behavior, it is worth noting that > "192.com" is not a legal domain name; elements in names must not start > with a digit, in order to be able to distinguish them easily from IP > addresses. 3com should also know better.
Even so, shouldn't NetSurf be assuming the http:// part whether it is an IP address or name? > Sadly, domain registrars have let this go on for too long to take it > back now. Yeah, 192.com has existed for as long as I remember. Chris
