All my browsers hack up some text


  1. Posts : 327
    Windows 7 Professional X64 Service Pack 1
       #1

    All my browsers hack up some text


    Noticed this before, all 3 browsers, IE, Chrome & Firefox always mangle some words. i.e. in one headline today there is "Texas A&M fires Sherman", when it should be "Texas A&M fires Sherman". Anybody else had this happen to them and if so did you find a solution. Tx
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  2. Posts : 934
    Windows 8.1 ; Windows 7 x86 (Dec2008-Jan2013)
       #2

    Next time links would be nice.

    Regarding this particular case, judging by numerous google results we can safely assume that some news agency messed up that news headline and other websites, as usually, copied&pasted without thinking.
    Your browsers are fine.

    To confirm that create a test.txt file with this line in there:
    Texas A&M fires Sherman
    save it and rename to test.html
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  3. Posts : 327
    Windows 7 Professional X64 Service Pack 1
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       #3

    Interesting, this is what you wrote when I read it via my email "To confirm that create a test.txt file with this line in there: Texas A&M fires Sherman save it and rename to test.html" and this is how my browser displays it when viewing windows 7 forums. See attached thumbnail. Same error. (The link was Google.com under ESPN)
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  4. Posts : 934
    Windows 8.1 ; Windows 7 x86 (Dec2008-Jan2013)
       #4

    Of course, there will be that thing in my post, because it typed it as a text!
    I think you misunderstood my instructions.
    There is a file in archive in attachment. Please open test2.html file in any browser and post a screenshot of it.
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  5. Posts : 327
    Windows 7 Professional X64 Service Pack 1
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       #5

    OK here is what I see, not following this at all
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  6. Posts : 1,781
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
       #6

    You weren't seeing garbled text - he really did type "Texas A&M fires Sherman" with an A, an ampersand, the letters "amp", a semicolon and a capital M.

    What he wanted you to do is put that same text string into Notepad, save it as an HTML file and open the file in your browser - which would then correctly show "Texas A&M", thus proving that your browser is working correctly and it's the website's fault for putting the text up wrong.

    (In fact, the character sequence & is HTML code for displaying an ampersand sign.)
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  7. Posts : 327
    Windows 7 Professional X64 Service Pack 1
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       #7

    OK understand now. Who ever is typing this in, continues to do it quite often. Tx.
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  8. Posts : 934
    Windows 8.1 ; Windows 7 x86 (Dec2008-Jan2013)
       #8

    Thank you Corazon! That is exactly what I meant.

    meebers, I was not sure. That is why I did not share my theory but wanted check your browser first.
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  9. Posts : 327
    Windows 7 Professional X64 Service Pack 1
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       #9

    Seeing these things more recently such as: (NY Times Top stories) copied and pasted.
    Spain and Italy Show Europe’s Problems Aren’t Over
    In First Speech, Kim Jong-un Affirms North Korea’s Military Might
    As shown in my browser FF:
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