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Firefox is encoding parentheses when i copy and paste URLs

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sbourque2006
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When I copy and paste a URL from Firefox it is currently encoding parentheses instead of just copying said parentheses.

For example, when I copy the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_(band)

it pastes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_%28band%29

When I copy and paste a URL from Firefox it is currently encoding parentheses instead of just copying said parentheses. For example, when I copy the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_(band) it pastes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_%28band%29

Modified by sbourque2006

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user669794
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Hello,

both the links are connected to the same page. So, you dont need to worry about it. It's fine.

sbourque2006
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Except there are other programs than Firefox that use URL's. The question isn't about the use of the link it's about using the encoding that Firefox previously used.

cor-el
cor-el
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If you do the copy from the location/address bar then you can avoid this by adding a character before the http to avoid Firefox from seeing it as a link.