[9876] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
ISMAP vs browser-generated URL
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Pich\i)
Tue Mar 26 11:39:05 1996
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 11:17:50 -0500
From: "Daniel Pich\i" <danielp@hp817.speedware.com>
To: www-talk@w3.org
Resent-From: www-talk@w3.org
The ISMAP attribute of the IMG element make an image "clickable". When activated, an URL is generated by the WWW
browser and send to the WWW server. Generated URL are not always build the same way! Even using two browsers from
the same provider (netscape for windows and netscape for X-window) do not guaranted an uniform behavior!
Question: Where can I find THE EXACT RULES that govern URL manifacturing.
As example, the netscape browser version for windows append the cursor coordinate to the URL defined in the map
file. The netscape browser version for X-window doesn't react the same, it remplacing the QUERY_STRING portion of
the URL defined in the map file.
So, having defined: default /cgi-bin/program/path_info?query_string
will generate on windows version: /cgi-bin/program/path_info?query_string?x,y
will generate on X-window version: /cgi-bin/program/path_info?x,y
Thank for help. Danielp
