>I'd just change the config so that the bang isn't used. The reasons for changing to hashbang as the default look pretty weak to me - unless flagging for the Google web crawler is important....
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>>UPDATE. Found this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41226122/url-hash-bang-prefix-instead-of-simple-hash-in-angular-1-6
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>>What do you think a better solution is - apply the config or adjust the code to deal with ! ?
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Thanks, Viv. I'll go ahead and apply this solution today.