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

On 17.07.2009 00:51, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Teodor 
Väänänen to generate the following:? :
> 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...
>
>   
OK - as long as you are aware of the fact...
aren't "higher authorities" (here, your ISP) just great, doing things 
for us that we never even knew we wanted done ??

reg