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MonkeyFood's More Internet looks like a pretty useful app, but I wasn�t able to get it to help Camino open .url files...has anyone had luck with this? Since my posting I�ve come across more info regarding .webloc & .url files. Here�s an argument that favors .url files as the way to go for cross platform compatibility, even going so far as to suggest an applescript that enables Safari to create .url files! http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040111200114634&query=cross-platform+URL Now I�d rather not use anything MS. As I understand, the whole idea of Netscape open-sourcing their code via Mozilla was to prevent MS from gaining a lock on the browser market & unduly controlling html standards. But I do wish to keep an eye out for compatibility. Does anyone know how .webloc files and .url files fare in a Linux environment? One day the plan is to convert the old Dell to Linux and network it with the iMac... Evidently .webloc files are some sort of clipping file, with URL data stored in the resource fork. Is there a way to edit data in the resource fork? Sometimes it�s handy to truncate a url, removing everything after the .org/ or .com/ for a homepage url, for example: http://www.gaiam.com rather than http://www.gaiam.com/retail/default.asp I�ve noticed the /retail... portion tends to change over time, giving the truncated url more longevity. >From the BareBones Software help desk came a neat trick -- dragging URL text from any application to the Desktop or a Finder window creates a .webloc file. Their Super Get Info app provides a non-editable view of a .webloc�s URL (something Apple�s get info doesn�t do, at least in 10.2.8). Selecting the text of the first part of the URL and dragging it to the desktop creates the truncated .welbloc file. Maintaining a descriptive file name requires an additional step of renaming the file, as well as deleting the old file. It would be great if there were some way to edit the url data in a .webloc file. In creating new .webloc files, I now realize it�s possible to select just the desired portion of the url in the location field and drag that to the finder. Also: �Dragging a .webloc file into a terminal window places the web location stored in the .webloc file on the command line� http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030903012132644 BTW, after filing bug report 243322 it turned out to be a Dup of bug 107959, so the .url issue is covered there. Thanks, John __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ _______________________________________________ Camino mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino
