Comments on: Bug with file:/// in IE and Firefox http://www.muloka.com/2008/04/bug-with-file-ie-and-firefox/ Life at the tip of the triangle. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:09:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jovino http://www.muloka.com/2008/04/bug-with-file-ie-and-firefox/#comment-29 jovino Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:27:13 +0000 http://www.muloka.com/?p=19#comment-29 I might be completely off here, but as far as memory serves the file structure on a local drive uses slashes in the other direction. Additionally, the hash sign designates an on-page anchor and therefore the browser thinks it's looking for an anchor called "_file.pdf" on a page located at "...example_". I'm not convinced that these are actually bugs, but more like one of those really annoying "gotchyas." I might be completely off here, but as far as memory serves the file structure on a local drive uses slashes in the other direction. Additionally, the hash sign designates an on-page anchor and therefore the browser thinks it’s looking for an anchor called “_file.pdf” on a page located at “…example_”. I’m not convinced that these are actually bugs, but more like one of those really annoying “gotchyas.”

]]> By: Louis http://www.muloka.com/2008/04/bug-with-file-ie-and-firefox/#comment-16 Louis Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:19:50 +0000 http://www.muloka.com/?p=19#comment-16 Alright it would seem that in Firefox what I am attempting is intentionally not allowed according to Mossop on #firefox (irc.mozilla.org): <blockquote>what you are doing is browsing from a remote webpage to the local filesystem. That is not allowed.</blockquote> Alright it would seem that in Firefox what I am attempting is intentionally not allowed according to Mossop on #firefox (irc.mozilla.org):

what you are doing is browsing from a remote webpage to the local filesystem. That is not allowed.

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