Sorry to repeat the obvious. Problem #1
1. As shown in the attached screen shot, http://atilf.atilf.fr/tlf.htm sometimes displays using UTF-8. 2. Obviously, I expected it to display correctly (using ISO 8859-1 default encoding) 3. _when_ it misbehaves is mysterious, but I found one way to reproduce it. I see no shorter/better way than to repeat what I already wrote : 1) clear the said URL from history [any occurrence of the hostname in address bar dropdown] 2) open a new window or tag [and do the following in there, of course] 3) set View|Character Encoding to UTF-8 (or anything but ISO889-1) 4) type that URL in the address bar and display page 5) you've got the wrong encoding displayed Problem #2 Which the default (and actual) encodings are seem a very vague definition. In that case, there's no wonder encoding problems arise. Historically, I have in mind that it's ISO 8859-1, but : 1. Firefox users should not be allowed to define the default encoding that should be set in a standard. (all pages should display correctly without a user's hint) 2. It's a design flaw to define the encoding in a HTTP statement instead of in a HTML statement. (because that vital information is lost when the file is stored on disk or transferred with FTP) My report couldn't be more complete and precise. André. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- Firefox uses the wrong display encoding https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206884 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
