107959 - Process Mac IE ".url" files as Web Page Location files

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: File Handling, enhancement)

Description

[hippytrail]

On the Mac, Mozilla and Explorer seem to have different ways of making a URL/
bookmark/favourite file by dragging to the desktop.
The Mozilla url file is a TEXT data file but the Explorer url file is 0 length
file with only a resource fork.  It seems reasonable that Mozilla should be
able to load both.
I've tried via File/Open and via drag-and-drop.
Mozilla url files seem to work fine.

Comment 1

[Greg K.]

This is an RFE. Explorer doesn't make a real Mac OS Internet Shorcut file, but rather its' 
own proprietary ".url" type. You can even see that Explorer's shortcut file has a different, 
if related, icon (notice the "e" in place of the usual "@"), and that the file's Kind is "Internet 
Exporer Document."

Revising Summary and Severity, and confirming.

(Note: Mac IE handles Mozilla WPL shortcuts, and iCab handles both IE and Mozilla 
shortcuts.)

(Topic for further research: is there, in fact, Apple Developer Documentation for 
composing and writing these files?)

Comment 2

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

-> pink

Comment 3

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

*** Bug 124701 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

fffffffuture

Comment 5

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

This bug is targeted at a Mac classic platform/OS, which is no longer supported
by mozilla.org. Please re-target it to another platform/OS if this bug applies
there as well or resolve this bug.

I will resolve this bug as WONTFIX in four weeks if no action has been taken.
To filter this and similar messages out, please filter for "mac_cla_reorg".

Comment 6

[Greg K.]

Reconfirming using Mozilla-Mac/1.7b, Firefox 2004-05-04-07-trunk and Camino
2004050308 (v0.8b). An IE-created .url file is not processed by either.

Safari: .url dragged to browser window, .url file is revealed in Finder.
.url file opened via File/Open dialog displays target URL correctly.

Mozilla & Firefox: .url dragged to browser window results in a Opening download
dialog; Mozilla thinks the file is of type message/external-body and prompts the
user for action. Opening via File/Open dialog has same effect.

Camino: .url dragged to browser window results in file being downloaded to
default download location. .url file is disabled in File/Open dialog and thus
nonselectable.

Reassigning to Networking: File.

Comment 7

[Greg K.]

*** Bug 243322 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Greg K.]

Attachment: MacBinary III-encoded IE .url file

Comment 9

[Josh Aas]

I definitely won't be working on this. Recommend WONTFIX.

Comment 10

[benc]

-> file handling