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Re: IE4/5 HTML parsing bug

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Re: IE4/5 HTML parsing bug

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Subject: Re: IE4/5 HTML parsing bug
From: Nick Jones <nickADVALUE.COM>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:07:49 -0400
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This isn't limited to IE. Netscape Navigator 4.5 has the same issue, which
seems to be the result of complacent parsing of HTML entities. All of these
*should* start with "&" and end with ";" -- but the browsers are ignoring
the requirement for the trailing semicolon.

You'll find that any of the special characters supported by these browsers
(like &amp; and &nbsp;, to name some common ones) will have the same
problem.

- Nick

References:
- IE4/5 HTML parsing bug
  - From: Brooks Martin <MBrooksTJGUK.COM>

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