[AWS] AWS-1.2 Forcing Display on Address Dialog Box

[Jacob Sparre Andersen]

Anh Vo wrote:

> How do I force the browser to display certain URL on its
> Address Dialog box?

You can't - and shouldn't be able to - force the browser to
show a different URL than the one the browser actually is
showing.

> For example, when browsing a web page
> http://www.yahoo.com, the address dialog showing
> http://www.yahoo.com/index.html. It seem to me that the
> server forces the browser to display
> http://www.yahoo.com/index.html instead of just
> http://www.yahoo.com/

Wrong!  Try `telnet www.yahoo.com 80` and see what actually
happens.  Or deactivate ECMA Script in your browser.

Jacob
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