Re: [OT] file: Protocol / URI scheme. PING TEODOR
Teodor Väänänen <[email protected]>
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squaredancer wrote: > 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! I know it pulls up a redirect. It's because that particular ISP still hasn't added index.php to the list of files to look for when a URL without the filename is received by the server, and they have, in their infinite wisdom, disabled the feature which would've allowed me to specify an index file... -- Teodor Väänänen | Don't meddle in the affairs of wizards, <[email protected]> | for you are good and crunchy with http://www.algonet.se/~teodor/ | ketchup. Remove stupidity to reply. |