[Mediawiki-l] Problem with Extension:FileLinkProtocol

[Brion Vibber]

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Dan Sinclair wrote:
> I'm using Mediawiki 1.12.0, PHP 5.2.5, MySQL 5.0.24 and im having
> trouble with the afore mentioned Extension.
> 
> It works perfectly on the Windows machines, but not on the Mac machines.

...and that's one of several reasons why file: links are unreliable.

1) Many browsers disable them outright for security

2) No cross-platform consistency -- a link that works on Windows won't
work on Mac/Unix and vice versa

- -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
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