WLM for kids - broken links

I have the most recent version of WLM 9 and additionally installed WLM for
kids from http://www.kinder-messenger.de . When I go to the Games tab and
click on the icon of a particular game, Internet Explorer (7.0) opens a new
window and shows an error like "Cannot open
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tivi.de%2Ffernsehen%2Flogo%2Fpopu p_html%2F28762%2Findex.html" . What's wrong with this url-encoding?

Greetings,

I forgot that existed.

As I'm sure you already know, http://www.tivi.de/fernsehen/logo/po...762/index.html
is the real link.

I couldn't find a reference to this on the web for some reason, but it was my understand that
there's rules in modern browsers to prevent percent-encoded links like this from being
directly accessible to avoid obfuscation of URLs. I could be very wrong here though.

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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"k-mobil" <> wrote in message
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> I have the most recent version of WLM 9 and additionally installed WLM for
> kids from http://www.kinder-messenger.de . When I go to the Games tab and
> click on the icon of a particular game, Internet Explorer (7.0) opens a new
> window and shows an error like "Cannot open
> http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tivi.de%2Ffernsehen%2Flogo%2Fpopu p_html%2F28762%2Findex.html" . What's
> wrong with this url-encoding?

Thanks for confirming what I feared to be the case. So that ingenious WLM for
kids contains a dozen of simply obsolete hyperlinks. Good to be an adult :-)



"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
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> modern browsers to prevent percent-encoded links like this >
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> "k-mobil" <> wrote in message
> news97A6746-6592-4A39-B752-...
> > I have the most recent version of WLM 9 and additionally installed WLM for
> > kids from http://www.kinder-messenger.de . When I go to the Games tab and
> > click on the icon of a particular game, Internet Explorer (7.0) opens a new
> > window and shows an error like "Cannot open
> > http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tivi.de%2Ffernsehen%2Flogo%2Fpopu p_html%2F28762%2Findex.html" .
>> What's wrong with this url-encoding?
>
>
>
>

Hi,

Quite

Like most of these one-off things, they're built, and then forgotten about/never maintained.
I think [normal] Messenger is pretty kid-friendly to be honest.


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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2010 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"k-mobil" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks for confirming what I feared to be the case. So that ingenious WLM for
> kids contains a dozen of simply obsolete hyperlinks. Good to be an adult :-)
>
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>> modern browsers to prevent percent-encoded links like this >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "k-mobil" <> wrote in message
>> news97A6746-6592-4A39-B752-...
>> > I have the most recent version of WLM 9 and additionally installed WLM for
>> > kids from http://www.kinder-messenger.de . When I go to the Games tab and
>> > click on the icon of a particular game, Internet Explorer (7.0) opens a new
>> > window and shows an error like "Cannot open
>> > http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tivi.de%2Ffernsehen%2Flogo%2Fpopu p_html%2F28762%2Findex.html" .
>>> What's wrong with this url-encoding?
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