* Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> [2023-01-25 21:01]: > Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes: > > > Haven thanks Firefox developers did not complain on users setting > > their own content types. Firefox can open Org content type and launch > > Emacs on it, but Emacs "can't" as it is security risk. > > Well... > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1678994
That is fine, it is useful to be asked by which application something will be opened. It is question about permission, which is given once. That does not prevent user opening any URL with external programs. Or content type. There is more in computing than single user need. An HTML file on local area network may list various URLs to various people of single organization, and their work disconnected from Internet -- where all users can access any kind of files, it need not be single user need. > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1565574 Any hyperlinks executing external program should not be opened automatically of course. Imagine placing 20 various programs as hyperlinks where user by opening single page launches 20 programs, that is out of control of user. Having option for user to decide to allow it, would be fine.. Otherwise hyperlinks like mid: should not be opened automatically, hyperlink should wait for user to activate it. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/
