Hassan Schroeder wrote: > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Hemant Bhargava <li...@ruby-forum.com> > wrote: > >>>> Basically, if i open an txt file in firefox using "File > Open file" >>>> then file is opening perfectly. But if i try to open a txt file from a >>>> file link on a webpage "file:///path" it is not going anywhere? > >> By this i mean that page is neither reloading nor going to a new tab. >> Usually if you click on a link something happens from these two. But now >> its not. > > Dunno if it's a bug or a feature, but yeah, file URLs don't seem to work > in FF (or Safari, for that matter). But if the link is hand-crafted > (which is > what I tried), I don't see how it could be related to Rails, in any > case.
I have a dim memory that this is a feature, designed to prevent remote websites from tricking you into editing local files or reading them with JavaScript. But I could be wrong. > > FWIW, > -- > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...@gmail.com > twitter: @hassan Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org mar...@marnen.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
