Re: handling of file: urls

[Clarence (Andreas M. Schneider)]

Michael Jakob wrote:
> 
> * Does the idea of using "file:..." links relative to a "http:..."
> document make sense at all? (remember, I can assume that the files
> exist on all machines from where my document can be accessed!)
> * If it does, shouldn't this be supported consistently by Mozilla
> (i.e., should I report the behaviour described above as a bug?)

IIRC access http: -> file: is disabled intentionally for
security reasons, but chrome: -> file: (e.g. properties
window) works.

Clarence