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The Loss of Universal Browser Read
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wingl...@gmail.com
Oct 8, 2012, 10:47:30 AM10/8/12
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In the latest versions of Firefox, Universal Browser Read privileges are gone, and I used the heck out of that feature.... but all locally. So, I WISH (fervently) that Universal Browser Read would be again allowed in scripts on LOCAL webpages (file:///). Yes, I know such permissions are allowed for plugins accessing files within the 'chrome' environment, but that is a genuine pain... and so is launching a web server and moving the files I want to 'present' to myself into ITS public folders and using XmlHttpRequest. I am no expert in browser security, but I cannot see (from my narrow view) a reason why file reading (and even writing) cannot be allowed for local webpages (file:///). PLEASE consider bringing this feature back for scripts within local files. THANKS!
In the latest versions of Firefox, Universal Browser Read privileges are gone, and I used the heck out of that feature.... but all locally. So, I WISH (fervently) that Universal Browser Read would be again allowed in scripts on LOCAL webpages (file:///). Yes, I know such permissions are allowed for plugins accessing files within the 'chrome' environment, but that is a genuine pain... and so is launching a web server and moving the files I want to 'present' to myself into ITS public folders and using XmlHttpRequest. I am no expert in browser security, but I cannot see (from my narrow view) a reason why file reading (and even writing) cannot be allowed for local webpages (file:///). PLEASE consider bringing this feature back for scripts within local files. THANKS!
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tcaud...@gmail.com
Mar 1, 2013, 12:40:17 PM3/1/13
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On Monday, October 8, 2012 10:47:30 AM UTC-4, wingl...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> In the latest versions of Firefox, Universal Browser Read privileges are gone, and I used the heck out of that feature.... but all locally. So, I WISH (fervently) that Universal Browser Read would be again allowed in scripts on LOCAL webpages (file:///). Yes, I know such permissions are allowed for plugins accessing files within the 'chrome' environment, but that is a genuine pain... and so is launching a web server and moving the files I want to 'present' to myself into ITS public folders and using XmlHttpRequest. I am no expert in browser security, but I cannot see (from my narrow view) a reason why file reading (and even writing) cannot be allowed for local webpages (file:///). PLEASE consider bringing this feature back for scripts within local files. THANKS!
...I don't think that'll happen. Users are no longer at the forefront in Mozilla policy. It's become like congress... money talks over principle. What we need to do is get people together to make a decent fork. Now maybe someone who is already maintaining a fork will be willing to let us make the changes we need -- gonna find that out -- but we can't leave the current, corrupt leadership at Moz to continue as it is. Something must change or users will be left increasingly in the cold.
> Hi
>
> In the latest versions of Firefox, Universal Browser Read privileges are gone, and I used the heck out of that feature.... but all locally. So, I WISH (fervently) that Universal Browser Read would be again allowed in scripts on LOCAL webpages (file:///). Yes, I know such permissions are allowed for plugins accessing files within the 'chrome' environment, but that is a genuine pain... and so is launching a web server and moving the files I want to 'present' to myself into ITS public folders and using XmlHttpRequest. I am no expert in browser security, but I cannot see (from my narrow view) a reason why file reading (and even writing) cannot be allowed for local webpages (file:///). PLEASE consider bringing this feature back for scripts within local files. THANKS!
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