// from https://gist.github.com/Yaffle/1088850
(function(global) {
function URLPolyfill(url, baseURL) {
  if (typeof url != 'string')
    throw new TypeError('URL must be a string');
  var m = String(url).replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, "").match(/^([^:\/?#]+:)?(?:\/\/(?:([^:@\/?#]*)(?::([^:@\/?#]*))?@)?(([^:\/?#]*)(?::(\d*))?))?([^?#]*)(\?[^#]*)?(#[\s\S]*)?/);
  if (!m)
    throw new RangeError('Invalid URL format');
  var protocol = m[1] || "";
  var username = m[2] || "";
  var password = m[3] || "";
  var host = m[4] || "";
  var hostname = m[5] || "";
  var port = m[6] || "";
  var pathname = m[7] || "";
  var search = m[8] || "";
  var hash = m[9] || "";
  if (baseURL !== undefined) {
    var base = baseURL instanceof URLPolyfill ? baseURL : new URLPolyfill(baseURL);
    var flag = !protocol && !host && !username;
    if (flag && !pathname && !search)
      search = base.search;
    if (flag && pathname[0] !== "/")
      pathname = (pathname ? (((base.host || base.username) && !base.pathname ? "/" : "") + base.pathname.slice(0, base.pathname.lastIndexOf("/") + 1) + pathname) : base.pathname);
    // dot segments removal
    var output = [];
    pathname.replace(/^(\.\.?(\/|$))+/, "")
      .replace(/\/(\.(\/|$))+/g, "/")
      .replace(/\/\.\.$/, "/../")
      .replace(/\/?[^\/]*/g, function (p) {
        if (p === "/..")
          output.pop();
        else
          output.push(p);
      });
    pathname = output.join("").replace(/^\//, pathname[0] === "/" ? "/" : "");
    if (flag) {
      port = base.port;
      hostname = base.hostname;
      host = base.host;
      password = base.password;
      username = base.username;
    }
    if (!protocol)
      protocol = base.protocol;
  }

  // convert windows file URLs to use /
  if (protocol == 'file:')
    pathname = pathname.replace(/\\/g, '/');

  this.origin = host ? protocol + (protocol !== "" || host !== "" ? "//" : "") + host : "";
  this.href = protocol + (protocol && host || protocol == "file:" ? "//" : "") + (username !== "" ? username + (password !== "" ? ":" + password : "") + "@" : "") + host + pathname + search + hash;
  this.protocol = protocol;
  this.username = username;
  this.password = password;
  this.host = host;
  this.hostname = hostname;
  this.port = port;
  this.pathname = pathname;
  this.search = search;
  this.hash = hash;
}
global.URLPolyfill = URLPolyfill;
})(typeof self != 'undefined' ? self : global);
@@ -1724,64 +1724,29 @@
 ert 
-windows file URLs to use /%0A  if (protocol == 'file:')%0A  
+URLs to use / always%0A
   pa

replace \\ with / always as per URL spec