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Access application help files in Internet Explorer
Authored by: idle on Jun 18, '03 05:03:42PM

first, typing file://local doesn't get you the local disk. It does, but not BECAUSE you typed in local. you only need to type in file:/// for the root directory. It just so happens that if you enter a name that doesn't exist, IE will display the root directory. If you type file://ihatemicrosoft, you will still get the root directory of your local disk. This behaviour is in Safari as well.

The file:/// is by design for any browser. Safari displays differently and brings up a Finder window. This is non-standard.

second, the downside to the way Finder works is that it doesn't enforce case sensitivity. This filters through to IE, Safari, and most likely all other browsers.

This is a huge bug that Apple have yet to fix.



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