Re: [freenet-chat] (amended) HOWTO: firefox 'freenet:' protocol handling

2006-05-08 Thread David McNab
Florent Daignière (NextGen$) wrote: > * David McNab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-08 14:10:31]: > >> Ian Clarke wrote: >>> On 7 May 2006, at 18:04, David McNab wrote: Ian Clarke wrote: > So websites that use this will only work with users that have Firefox > and have installed the plug

Re: [freenet-chat] (amended) HOWTO: firefox 'freenet:' protocol handling

2006-05-08 Thread NextGen$
* David McNab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-08 14:10:31]: > Ian Clarke wrote: > > On 7 May 2006, at 18:04, David McNab wrote: > >> Ian Clarke wrote: > >>> So websites that use this will only work with users that have Firefox > >>> and have installed the plugin? > >> ... > >>> Isn't it preferable t

Re: [freenet-chat] (amended) HOWTO: firefox 'freenet:' protocol handling

2006-05-07 Thread David McNab
Ian Clarke wrote: > On 7 May 2006, at 18:04, David McNab wrote: >> Ian Clarke wrote: >>> So websites that use this will only work with users that have Firefox >>> and have installed the plugin? >> ... >>> Isn't it preferable to encourage people >>> to use the normal http://127.0.0.1:/ prefix?

Re: [freenet-chat] (amended) HOWTO: firefox 'freenet:' protocol handling

2006-05-07 Thread Ian Clarke
On 7 May 2006, at 18:04, David McNab wrote: Ian Clarke wrote: So websites that use this will only work with users that have Firefox and have installed the plugin? ... Isn't it preferable to encourage people to use the normal http://127.0.0.1:/ prefix? Seems we've got two imperfect optio

Re: [freenet-chat] (amended) HOWTO: firefox 'freenet:' protocol handling

2006-05-07 Thread David McNab
Ian Clarke wrote: > So websites that use this will only work with users that have Firefox > and have installed the plugin? ... > Isn't it preferable to encourage people > to use the normal http://127.0.0.1:/ prefix? Seems we've got two imperfect options: 1) Dump user into a sea of broken lin

Re: [freenet-chat] (amended) HOWTO: firefox 'freenet:' protocol handling

2006-05-07 Thread Ian Clarke
This worries me, as it has worried me every time someone has suggested it (it is suggested about once every 6 months on average): On 7 May 2006, at 14:48, David McNab wrote: A 2-minute recipe for getting Firefox to handle 'freenet:'-style URLs, so that mainstream web pages can link to freesite

[freenet-chat] (amended) HOWTO: firefox 'freenet:' protocol handling

2006-05-07 Thread David McNab
FIXED! Synopsis: A 2-minute recipe for getting Firefox to handle 'freenet:'-style URLs, so that mainstream web pages can link to freesite pages without worrying about fproxy access specifics. Purpose: --- Allow mainstream websites to contain abstracted freenet links such as: hot