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Use Opera to browse local files
"Some browsers" have this functionality. Not Safari. Curious. I'm guessing the reason for the metallization of Finder in Panther is the future integration of the two, a la Konqueror or MS Explorer. It seemed so natural to browse file systems and http in the same interface once I got used to Konqueror on Linux several years ago (Before "switching" to Mac). I can't wait to see if Tiger does this.
Use Opera to browse local files
Well, the file URL type is handed off by Safari to whatever the OS says is the handler. By default, I think that the file: URL type is handled by the Finder. Apple has made it pretty clear that they intended Safari to be a web browser and are not adding functionality to directly handle arbitrary URL types like ftp:, file: or many other URL types. When Safari sees one of these URL types it does not directly handle, it passes it off to whatever is the registered handler. Of course, depending on how this is implemented, you can end up with exploitable disk:, help: or telnet: URL types. --- |
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