Re: Firefox 1.5 won't load local files

im42n8 wrote:

> I recently upgraded to FF 1.5.
> 
> The problem is I can't get it to read an html file passed to it from 
> another application.
> 
> For instance, FF is identified as my primary browser in Dreamweaver. 
> When I want to view the page I've been working on I hit f12 and it's 
> s'posed to load in FF. Doesn't happen. Instead, FF opens a new window 
> with the default webpage instead of the file I was expecting.
> 
> In another case, an applications' help files are HTML. Hitting the 
> "Help" key results in FF loading a new window with the default/home page 
> instead of the help file I was expecting.
> 
> If I d/l a an HTML file and I hit the OPEN option in the download 
> manager, FF loads the home page again.
> 
> I created a 'user.js' file with the following:
> 
> user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "localfilelinks");
> user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.checkloaduri.enabled", 
> "allAccess");
> user_pref("capability.policy.default.Window.open", "allAccess");
> 
> 
> So, how can I get FF to load the desired html file as requested?
> 
> Thanx
> 
> Dale
try saving it to your hard drive, then in FF use Open, File and open 
it that way.  Does this work?