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[Dean Sas]

Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> On Nov 22, 2006, at 12:35 AM, Dean Sas wrote:
>> Matthew East wrote:
>>> Incidentally, clicking on the link doesn't seem to work in Firefox for
>>> me, but copying and pasting it into a new window works fine.
>> I've just tested that and it happens to me too, but only when I'm
>> looking at the docs online, if I download the page and open it up it
>> works fine. Weird.
>> ...
> 
> Not weird, just a security measure. Recent browsers prohibit stuff on 
> the Internet from opening -- or even linking to -- local files or 
> directories, because frames and DOM tricks could be used to read stuff 
> off your hard disk. Entering the URL into the address bar works, 
> because the browser trusts you; and clicking the link in a downloaded 
> copy of the page works, because the browser trusts local files.
> 

That sounds reasonable (assuming it's a bigger issue then detecting 
(i)frames and only then disabling local links), an explanation from my 
browser would have been nice though, but I see you commented on that 
five years ago. (mozilla 84128)

Dean