Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list gopher); Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:32:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from floodgap.com ([66.159.214.137] ident=elvis) by glockenspiel.complete.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) id 1INg0u-0000ht-98 for gopher@complete.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:32:10 -0500 Received: (from spectre@localhost) by floodgap.com (6.6.6.666.1/2007.01.03) id l7M2W5dq009316 for gopher@complete.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:32:05 -0700 From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@floodgap.com> Message-Id: <200708220232.l7M2W5dq009316@floodgap.com> Subject: [gopher] Re: Firefox and Gopher, bad news... In-Reply-To: <f705f7020708211621m16937daar98b95f309e8a717c@mail.gmail.com> from Stegozor at "Aug 22, 7 01:21:07 am" To: gopher@complete.org Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:32:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL39 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No (score 0.0): AWL=0.006 X-Virus-Scanned: by Exiscan on glockenspiel.complete.org at Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:32:10 -0500 X-archive-position: 1689 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: spectre@floodgap.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org List-help: <mailto:ecartis@complete.org?Subject=help> List-unsubscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=unsubscribe> List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> X-List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> List-subscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=subscribe> List-owner: <mailto:jgoerzen@complete.org> List-post: <mailto:gopher@complete.org> List-archive: <http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/> X-list: gopher

> Seems that I'll have to copy and paste my remarks about keeping the > Gopher protocol in Mozilla based browsers from bug 351748 "Remove UI > for Gopher proxy settings" ( > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351748 ) to bug 388195 > "Consider removing gopher protocol support for Firefox" ( > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388195 ), which was filed > recently (July 2007) :-( .

The rationale on this one is really stupid -- to fix an alleged issue with protocol handlers, they submit canning the protocol entirely.

LART posted.

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