My IE5/OE did not ignore the quote period parenthesis, but the minute I receive an error, I backed past the quote period parenthesis and hit the carriage return and went right to the site. Good site. Thanks! Elaine Researching S.L.E.P.I.C.K.A. and H.R.U.S.K.A. ----- Original Message ----- From: Juanetta Powers <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 9:56 AM Subject: [GERMANKING] URL Problems I have been clicking on this URL out of curiosity ever since it was first sent in and alot of you were reporting problems. I thought since I'm new to using the internet I might have a problem but I get through every time. I use Netscape Navigator. Juanetta Powers > Subject: [GERMANKING] AW: URL problems > Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:46:03 +0200 > From: "Fritsche, Juergen" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hi Bob and all, > > sorry, have no special "magic" skills! It is to say that the said URL ( > http://www.worldroots.com/brigitte/occupat.htm".) is underlined correctly: > ending with the "m" of htm. So every browser should (and obviously really > does) ignore the " and . at the end which are not underlined and thus not > perceptible by browsers as part of the URL. > > My Netscape ignores the " and it shows no error messages at all. Re > Microsoft, I know a nice phrase: "Gates oder Gates nicht?", pronounced like > the German question "geht's oder geht's nicht?" which means in English "does > it work or not?" ... > > I don't use the IE, so I'm not able to test this. But I asked a colleague > using the IE to do this, and *it worked fine*!!! > > Juergen > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Robert Albert [SMTP:[email protected]] > > Gesendet am: Dienstag, 7. September 1999 18:20 > > An: [email protected] > > Betreff: Fw: [GERMANKING] AW: German terms of occupations > > > > Very strange. I cannot click on your url and get anything but an error > > message. I am using Internet Explorer and on Prodigy. When I click on the > > original message I sent back a little while ago I get the site > immediately. > > Also when I typed it in the last email I got there quickly, but the one > you > > sent yesterday doesn't work for me. Are you a computer wizard and have > > insight into this? Viele Danke > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Fritsche, Juergen <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 6:43 AM > > Subject: [GERMANKING] AW: German terms of occupations > > > > > > Hi Keith, > > > > someone posted the following URL tip regarding "German terms of > occupations" > > lately on another list: > > > > "This particular site is one of the best I have found for finding > > occupations, both current and archaic. While I am sure that many people > have > > seen this site over the years, here it is again: > > http://www.worldroots.com/brigitte/occupat.htm". > > > > Hope it is helpful. > > > > Juergen > >