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What is this about? - href="/////

by Trivum
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I have recently seen some html link code that looked like this:

<a href="/////www.the-domain.com">

It seems to link to the domain without problems, but what is the ///// about?
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    Three or more slashes automatically engages a browsers' file (local disk) protocol.

    Typing ////users/me/desktop automatically takes me to
    file:///users/me/desktop which is the directory for my desktop on my local machine.

    I don't know or understand how it's sending you to the correct HTTP address.
    Perhaps you're using something like Firefox's URL fixer or something of that like.

    Regardless, someone made a mistake when they were coding their site on their local machine.
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