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These are NOT 'webloc' files
Authored by: ClassicUser on Jan 07, '08 05:01:19PM

This hint really needs a new title: This has NOTHING to do with .webloc files, and everything to do with a local cache of the webpage - AS AN EMAIL MESSAGE. The file extracted to the project folder is a complete COPY of the email message, not a link back to it - and nothing at all related to the original webpage. So, just like QuickLook can provide a sample preview of almost any type of document, it can also preview email messages. Useful, but not exactly surprising.

Perhaps this is still an interesting hint for some, but it currently has been given a very-misleading title. Can this be changed, so others are not confused by it?



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These are NOT 'webloc' files
Authored by: notech5000 on Jan 07, '08 07:04:04PM

Entirely agree. This hint does not provide a way to Quicklook .webloc files and as such the title *is* misleading.

Semantics aside however, the goal of this hint was two-fold:
(1) Provide a relatively simple workaround for the fact that Quicklook does not work on .webloc files (intended for those folks that might find it useful to have a preview of a webpage which is stored in a folder with other docs - perhaps from the same project AND which is Quicklook-able & usually has the ability to open said webpage in their browser of choice).
(2) Call attention to the fact that Quicklook does not work on .webloc files - but - Quicklook *does* nicely render HTML for emails and in doing so hopefully inspire someone smarter than me to create a Quicklook webloc plugin! It's possible that will be pretty easy since Quicklook already "does" HTML, just not for this file type / extension.

Alternative title suggestion: "Create unsurpisingly-Quicklook-capable EMAILS which are actually local copies of webpages and have nothing to do with either the original emails or those webpages..."

Catchy, huh?



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