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As the title states, why? I received a PC World email newsletter this morning (dated Mar.20,2012... titled 'Top 3 How-Tos') and in the article "Malicious Web Apps: How to Spot Them, How to Beat Them", the abstract uses "here's", but it appears as "here?s". It not just PCWorld, I see this on other web pages. Is it browser related? Thanks for any info.
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Why Do Apostrophes Sometimes Appear As Other Characters?
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 06:36 AM
Probably a typo.
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 07:58 AM
Do you visit site with different languages?
What is your web browser set to for text encoding?
If you are using IE9 left click and than look at Encoding, is it set to Auto Select and than a western or unicode? If it is set to something else like Chinese Langauage, than the character is encode into that lanuage and it shows up that way.
In Firefox, look into Character encoding and see what it is set to. It should be set to same as above.
Or it could be a typo like mentioned above.
What is your web browser set to for text encoding?
If you are using IE9 left click and than look at Encoding, is it set to Auto Select and than a western or unicode? If it is set to something else like Chinese Langauage, than the character is encode into that lanuage and it shows up that way.
In Firefox, look into Character encoding and see what it is set to. It should be set to same as above.
Or it could be a typo like mentioned above.
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 09:41 AM
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It Really Happens To Some Posts In The PCW Forums.
Posting Users Using Input Devices With Bad Configurations, Send Unusual Unicode Characters That Are Converted By The Output Device Into Something Else.
Even ASCII Characters In The Range 032 ( Space ) To 126 ( Tilde ), What I Consider The Normal Characters, Sometimes Are Converted.
If I Am Wrong, Feel Free To Correct Me.
It Really Happens To Some Posts In The PCW Forums.
Posting Users Using Input Devices With Bad Configurations, Send Unusual Unicode Characters That Are Converted By The Output Device Into Something Else.
Even ASCII Characters In The Range 032 ( Space ) To 126 ( Tilde ), What I Consider The Normal Characters, Sometimes Are Converted.
If I Am Wrong, Feel Free To Correct Me.
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 06:41 AM
I see that too and other similar things on various web pages sometimes, its related to the site.
A good webmaster will look at his pages with all popular browsers to look for things like this.
A good webmaster will look at his pages with all popular browsers to look for things like this.
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