Periods and parentheses are valid url characters. Assuming that an adjacent period or closing parenthesis is not part of the url is a gamble. The most sensible urlification includes all valid characters until it finds one that clearly delimits the url such as a space.
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt On Dec 17, 7:13 am, Ken Dobruskin <k...@cimas.ch> wrote: > When adding a URL surrounded by parentheses or followed by a period, these > marks are included in the resulting link. Is a trailing whitespace the only > workaround? It's ugly and wastes a character. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates, right from > Hotmail®.http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-act...