Re: Firefox 1.5 won't load local files

Yes, it works that way...not the point. I don't want to have to 
necessarily search for a file in order to open it. I should be able to 
feed FF a file and have FF display it directly!

If FF is closed, and I ask Dreamweaver (for example) to preview the file 
using FF, FF will open and display the requested file.  However, if FF 
is already open all I get is another instance of FF which displays the 
home page.

If I've d/l an html file and I try to open it by hitting the "Open" 
option from the Downloads manager, the same thing happens. Isn't there a 
way to override this behavior?

It's a pain in the keister, when I'm trying to review a webpage I'm 
working on, to have to search for the file in I've just modified. I just 
want the application to feed FF and have FF display it!

It's a real pain when the help file for an application is a html-based 
file. Instead of the help file opening up I get another instance of FF 
displaying the home page!

That's NFG!

Dale

gwtc wrote:
> 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?