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You are confused about what a URI is. Or about what a web browser is. You need dedicated clients for plenty of protocols that can be in an href. ftp is not a
by scrollaway 5y ago
You are confused about what a URI is. Or about what a web browser is.
You need dedicated clients for plenty of protocols that can be in an href.
ftp is not a part of the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web is in HTTP. That is the “web” part of “web browser”. That they support other protocols is incidental.
- torstenvl 5y agoI'm sure attitudes like this — insulting people and excusing bugs based on arcane technical reasons rather than fixing them — have been contributors to the growth numbers in Firefox's market share...
- huhtenberg 5y agoYou are missing GP's point, and making a personal attack. The fact that Firefox supported ftp:// links was a quirk of its evolution. _A_ browser needs not to support ftp, news, gopher, tel or any other scheme. It may, but it doesn't have to. So Firefox not supporting ftp:// anymore was a moronic design decision on their end, granted, but it is, technically and objectively, not really a _bug_.
- torstenvl 5y agoStop insulting people. It breaks site guidelines and it is irresponsible. Just because someone disagrees with you does not mean they are "confused" or "missing the point". If you have a good faith argument to make, you can do it without personal attacks and lies. You can certainly do it without trying to gaslight others into thinking that complaining about personal attacks itself constitutes a personal attack. Just beyond the pale. For shame.