Ubuntu
shared-mime-info package

  1. Bug #185165
  2. Comment #38

Comment 38 for bug 185165

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Tony Godshall (togo) wrote : Re: [Bug 185165] Re: Ubuntu does not open MS Windows internet shortcuts with 'url' extension

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Paul Sladen <email address hidden> wrote:
> Needs a high-level decision. Is support .url shortcuts (from the MS
> Windows world) something we want to do; and if so, are there any
> security concerns.

What I do for my users is have it run a little script that
extracts the http and gives it to firefox. What security
concerns? Firefox already has to deal with arbitrary
URLs- I don't think there's anything new here.

Paul:

If there's been discussion about it somewhere, could you point us to it?

Best Regards