Firefox question

[R Kimber]

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:22:39 -0300
Derek Broughton wrote:

> > Thanks.  I guess I could change browsers. Konqueror works.  I'll
> > have to think about it.
> 
> It really shouldn't.  It seems like a gross breach of security for a
> web page to permit links to local files.

It doesn't do it automatically, it pops up a window giving the user a
warning and a choice, which seems perfectly sensible to me.  There are
some circumstances where security is unlikely to be compromised.

- Richard
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Richard Kimber
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