268778 - MyExcite does not display image from local drive

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[trucker]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

just installed FF1.0, ther is a feature onthe "My Excite" page that displays an
image from my local machine on the web page. this feature worked with previous
FF versions up tp .10PR, but no longer works with FF1.0. is this a bug or is
there a new setting or new default in 1.0 that is preventing display and, if so,
where would i adjustit?  Thanks  -  jim 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.go to MyExcite page
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
page displays as before, except that the picture from my local machine does not
display

Expected Results:  
displayed the image

Comment 1

[Felix Miata]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 69070 ***

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Er.. except that bug is the bug to make this not work.  This is not a duplicate,
but wontfix.

Comment 3

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Unfortunately, allowing a website to load things off the local hard drive,
including images, opens up the user to a wide range of denial-of-service and
privacy attacks.  So sites are not allowed to load local content.

There is no reasonable way to disable this security feature without opening
yourself up to sites being able to have their way with your computer.

Comment 4

[Tuukka Tolvanen (sp3000)]

*** Bug 285621 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***