Posted by Oli Filth on 05/26/06 18:21

John Dunlop said the following on 26/05/2006 16:02:
> wylbur37:
>
>> <a href="file:///C:/pictures/xyz.jpg"> Picture </a>
>
> I think - could be wrong - that Firefox doesn't follow file links,
> however they're specified, in resources requested by HTTP. It sits and
> does nothing. Dunno what other browsers do.

I'm not sure this makes any sense at all. By definition, a "file://"
link is not an "http://" link, and so doesn't involve HTTP.

As for why it doesn't work for the OP, though, I have no idea.



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