view-source link-browsing is not perfect In some cases quote is appended to the generated URL I think we are seeing it if a new-line comes after quoted URL. it does not matter whether there is space between quoted URL and the new-line this also affects if we use single quote instead of double quote Example see view-source: of https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17612 case 1. <link href="skins/standard/global.css" url #1 view-source:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/skins/standard/global.css%22 More cases at bug 17612 Comment #60