On 12/20/2008 08:17 AM, Michael Gordon wrote: > Jens Hatlak replied On 12/20/2008 6:20 AM > >> NoOp wrote: >>> Obviously if you do a right-click on an image in the email and select >>> 'Copy Image' you can paste anywhere. >> >> No, that's what I was trying to say. When you copy something to the >> clipboard SeaMonkey is actually putting several formats on the >> clipboard. When you copy text and images SeaMonkey puts no image data on >> the clipboard, only HTML with internal references to the images. As I >> said, those references don't mean anything outside SeaMonkey. If you >> copy just a single image again HTML containing an internal reference is >> put on the clipboard but additionally the formats CF_DIB and CF_BITMAP. >> Those contain actual image data and can be read by applications like >> IrfanView. Word and OpenOffice can probably also read them but since >> HTML was also put on the clipboard they choose that format and >> consequently fail to display an image. >> >>> So I wonder if perhaps *SM* is not properly copying _its_ contents to >>> the clipboard rather than the 'paste-to' application misinterpreting the >>> content of the paste. >> >> Both, in a way. SM is creating image references in HTML that make no >> sense outside SM (a SM/MailNews bug) and the other applications do not >> allow to just paste the image data which is also on the clipboard. >> >> HTH >> >> Jens >> > > Jens, > > If we look backward to the days of Netscape Communicator 4.x all the > images were saved in the Cache with their original filename and > extension. If you look at the contents of the Cache Folder now we only > have obscure names for each file saved in the Cache. > > I think this was an intentional security enhancement to prevent > receiving virus and Trojans masked as a .jpg, or other extension and > then being executed to infect a PC. > > Michael >
Thanks Jens for the clarification & Michael I recall the same from Netscape as well. I could check my kid's (and customers) cache to see if they were surfing sites they shouldn't have :-) Now I have to use gvim just to see what the heck is there. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
