Re: [OT] file: Protocol / URI scheme. PING TEODOR

On 17.07.2009 00:01, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Teodor 
Väänänen to generate the following:? :
> As many here might know, the state of the file: URI scheme in firefox
> leaves much to be desired. I ran into the problem trying to develop web
> pages, realizing I'd probably have to switch to LINUX to be able to have
> the pages I'm trying to write function properly both locally and over
> http: because of the hassle it is under Win2k (and probably WinXP and
> WinVista & Win7 as well).
>
> So my questions are:
>
> * When is the issue to be resolved?
> * Is there an addon which might be used to make file: links function
>   properly (not just from the address bar but by clicking on links in
>   a document)?
>
> And my suggestions for a solution of the issue are:
>
> * in case of a file://<host>/<path> URI, treat it like a UNC (i.e.
>   same functionality one nowadays has with file://///<host>/<path>).
> * in case of a file:///<path> or file://localhost/<path> URI, treat it
>   like today. This has the bonus that it would be compatible wrt.
>   file:///// links today.
> * making the new behaviour dependent on a setting in about:config, so
>   the end users can be able to either disable or enable it.
> * other things that could be user configurable are what hosts (if any)
>   may be allowed in the <host> path of the uri.
>
> More suggestions and/or questions?
>
> /T.
>
>   
PING TEODOR

just to let you know that the URL in your sig:
http://www.algonet.se/~teodor/
doesn't work here....

and putting the URL directly into the addressfield calls up a 
re-direct.... bad mojo!

reg