Hi Pat, Yes, I understand your point but, if it had worked, you wouldn¹t have had to CONTINUE to open in a browser first just a one-time thing for each file at least that¹s what I found with the PDFs the first opening of the file with the appropriate software seemed to generate the first ³preview² after that, Quicklook continued to work as it should (ie without having to first open the file).
However, since this approach DIDN¹T work for you, the point is academic ;o) Good look with the combo update I guess if it is an OSX problem that could fix it. One other thought have you checked that your html is all valid modern browsers tend to handle dirty code quite gracefully but maybe the latest OSX Quicklook is less tolerant (this could perhaps explain why some people, like Peter, are finding Quicklook OK with html) again this is a bit of a long shot ;o) Whenever I create a webpage, I always run it through the W3C Markup Validation Service at <http://validator.w3.org/check> > This validator checks the markup validity of Web documents in HTML, XHTML, > SMIL, MathML, etc. If you wish to validate specific content such as RSS/Atom > feeds or CSS stylesheets, MobileOK content, or to find broken links, there are > other validators and tools available. As an alternative you can also try our > non-DTD-based validator. Just select the ³Validate by file upload² tab and you can browse to your html file, select it, and hit the ³check² button. If all your html is valid, it should come back with a ³passed² message otherwise it will highlight errors and warnings. I find this invaluable - it¹s amazing how many little errors sneak through and this makes it really easy to cleanup your code & get a pass mark ;o) Again, just a thought. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 4/2/15 9:48, [email protected] at [email protected] wrote: > Hi, Neil, > > I just tried your expanded explanation, but it still didn¹t work. Even if it > did, it wouldn¹t help because the point is, trying to avoid opening the files. > Just trying to get a view of how the file displays without opening it in a > browser. > > Thank you, anyway. Just now, I am downloading the combo 10.10.2 update and > crossing my fingers. > > Cheers, > Pat > > >> On 3 Feb 2015, at 19:06, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Re: OS 10.10.2 and Quicklook >> Hi Pat, >> >> You misunderstood me - I actually said: >>> You could try opening the file in a browser (Firefox or Safari?) - I¹m >>> assuming it will display OK and then try quicklook to see if it can now >>> cope. >>> >> The actual idea is to produce a ³preview² of the page (preview in a more >> general sense, rather than the Apple application). >> >> >> I mentioned that I DID use Preview (the Apple application) to solve the same >> problem (lack of quicklook preview) with a PDF file (obviously Preview is the >> app of choice for a PDF) - but to get a view of an HTML file, use a web >> browser. >> >> Sorry for any confusion. >> >> >> As I say, just a thought but really easy to try ;o) >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Neil
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