Re: Period at the end of a link or not?

Subject: Re: Period at the end of a link or not?
From: J Wermont <jwermont -at- sonic -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:13:20 -0800

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 05:05:36PM -0500, Peter Neilson wrote:
> J Wermont wrote:
> >
> >Wouldn't adding a period at the end of a link change the link, and make
> >it invalid? That is, isn't
> >
> > http://www.xxx.com/blah
> >
> >different from
> >
> > http://www.xxx.com/blah.
> >
> >? When the browser tries to load the latter, it would get a 404 error,
> >I would think.
>
> Joyce, both of those take me to www.xxx.com, a place none of want to be
> caught looking. Indeed, I used a Linux system, not my Winders, when I
> tested them, just to make sure nothing bad happened to my machine; also,
> no family members can view what's on my Linux systems unless I let 'em,
> unlike the Winders machines. www.qiuweyreyr.com (or www.qiuweyreyr.com.)
> is a better fake URL.

For the record, I am not familiar with that site. :) I was just using XXX
as an example. I forgot that "XXX" has meanings other than "variable name". :)

You didn't really need to click on it to understand my point, though, did
you??

And is there really a page called "blah" on the site?

Joyce
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References:
Period at the end of a link or not?: From: SB
Re: Period at the end of a link or not?: From: J Wermont
Re: Period at the end of a link or not?: From: Peter Neilson

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