Re: [Bug 185165] Re: Ubuntu does not open MS Windows internet shortcuts with 'url' extension

2011-07-26 Thread Marcus Haslam
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 11 May 2011, at 16:20, DavidGN 185...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: This bug is one of those baffling things: easy to fix, benefits the project and encourages migration from Windows - but nothing is done about it for years, while massive changes are

Re: [Bug 185165] Re: Ubuntu does not open MS Windows internet shortcuts with 'url' extension

2011-07-26 Thread Marcus Haslam
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 11 May 2011, at 13:12, Polemos 185...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Tony Godshall: I have fixed it before posting my previous message. Thank you for pointing the obvious. I haven't asked for a fix, I posted a message because I care for other people

Re: [Bug 185165] Re: Ubuntu does not open MS Windows internet shortcuts with 'url' extension

2011-07-26 Thread Marcus Haslam
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 9 May 2011, at 09:23, Polemos 185...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: This is not only a bug (since the mime-type type=application/x-mswinurl does exist but doesn't work) but also a usability problem. -Being able to handle the MS-url extension in ubuntu

Re: [Bug 185165] Re: Ubuntu does not open MS Windows internet shortcuts with 'url' extension

2011-05-11 Thread Tony Godshall
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Paul Sladen ubu...@paul.sladen.org wrote: Needs a high-level decision. Is support .url shortcuts (from the MS Windows world) something we want to do; and if so, are there any security concerns. What I do for my users is have it run a little script that