On Sun 21 Jan 2024 at 14:50:59 (-0500), gene heskett wrote: > On 1/21/24 14:29, John Hasler wrote: > > Klaus writes: > > > Did you notice, that I was talking about the reduced, crippled OpenSource > > > browser: chromium > > > > I wrote: > > > In what way is it crippled? > > > > Gene writes: > > > Port 80 has been hijacked. You cannot send it to monitor your own web > > > page at http://localhost:80, but the result is a 403 because google > > > doesn't know WTH to do with localhost...
Why would that cause a permissions (403) error? > > I just tried that. No hijacking: works fine. > It was also true here using the file:// prefix, trying look at the > html versions of the man pages in /usr/share/local/docs. I don't understand why a file:// prefix would test whether port 80 worked. Port 80 is for http:// isn't it? > Firefox-esr > can use that syntax just fine. Which syntax, the one in your previous sentence or the one in your previous post? > Where the difference be? Between what and what? You never seem to quote what you actually put in the address bar together with what the outcome was. Cheers, David.

