[MlMt] http:// → http:??

[David Ledger]

On 7 Feb 2025, at 2:39, John Cooper wrote:

> Quinn Comendant via mailmate wrote (at 4:51 PM on Thursday, February 
> 6, 2025):
>
>> I had this weird experience in MailMate build 6222 yesterday: I used 
>> the "Share this trip" from Airbnb to compose a new email in MailMate, 
>> and the URL displayed question marks instead of back slashes, i.e., 
>> `http:??` instead of `http://`. To be clear: the URL did contain 
>> slashes, but they were displayed incorrectly. [Here's a screen 
>> recording](https://send.strangecode.com/f/screen-recording-2025-02-05-at-23-30-36.mp4) 
>> showing this anomaly.
>>
>> Not a big deal, just thought Benny would like to see this.
>
> That’s pretty weird. I can’t wait to hear about whatever arcane 
> phenomenon might be causing this. I like the movie and its sound 
> effects, too!
>
> Incidentally, these are slashes (sometimes called forward slashes): //
> And these are backslashes: \\\
>
> It’s a very common confusion, and I’ve never understood how it got 
> started. Before computer keyboards, forward slashes were all we had, 
> but once there were two kinds of slashes, the old slashes somehow took 
> on the new variety’s name for many 
> people._______________________________________________


Blame Microsoft. ‘/‘ was the only slash on Teletypes, also known as 
‘fracbar’ - fraction bar. It became the standard. DOS used ‘\’ 
for something and M$ called it ‘slash’. Been causing confusion ever 
since. Taking and existing definition and changing it to fit a M$-only 
world has been a hobby of M$.

David
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