20 | | In particular, turning off the UNC paths transformation might be seen as a |
21 | | [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_don%27t_work security measure]. |
22 | | Here, the "file:" links are user-oriented and can't be embedded in a <img> |
23 | | or Javascript code, I don't really see what could be the risk, so I think |
24 | | it's OK to enable this feature. |
25 | | Firefox users can use the [http://locallink.mozdev.org/ LocalLink] plugin |
| 20 | === More about UNC path support === |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Turning off the UNC paths transformation might be seen as a |
| 23 | [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_don%27t_work security measure] |
| 24 | and if someone can demonstrate that this feature presents |
| 25 | a security risk, I'll disable it by default in future releases. |
| 26 | But here, the "file:" links are user-oriented and can't possibly be embedded |
| 27 | in a <img> tag or Javascript code, so I don't really see what could be the risk, |
| 28 | and I think it's OK to enable this feature by default. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | Firefox doesn't do anything with the `file:` links, but |
| 31 | users can use the [http://locallink.mozdev.org/ LocalLink] plugin |
27 | | Of course, if someone can demonstrate that this feature presents |
28 | | a security risk, I'll disable it by default in future releases. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Alternatively, I use the ''"Open Link in Ext.App."'' contextual menu entry provided |
| 35 | by the [http://ietab.mozdev.org/ IETab] plugin |
| 36 | ([https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419 install]), |
| 37 | and this works great. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | ==== Local Paths ==== |
| 40 | Using IETab within Firefox even allows you to use links local paths |
| 41 | (say, `S:\Public\File.txt`) by using the equivalent UNC path `\\?\S:\Public\File.txt`, |
| 42 | which is recognized as a link by the plugin and will be opened correctly by IETab |
| 43 | ''"Open Link in Ext.App."''. |
| 44 | Note that S:\Public\File.txt itself isn't recognized as a link (and probably |
| 45 | will never be, as that will conflict with one letter InterTrac prefixes) and |
| 46 | that the `file:///?/` file link produced by the plugin are ''not'' |
| 47 | understood by IE7 or IETab plugin ''"Open Link in IE Tab"'' (I haven't tested |
| 48 | the !LocalLink plugin). |