On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:18:21 -0400, Axel Beckert <abe at deuxchevaux.org> wrote:
Hi,
this bug report came in for dillo 3.0 in Debian Unstable/Testing, see also http://bugs.debian.org/642391
See below for my thoughts.
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Until now I noticed the effects of filter_auto_requests just for images and was quite happy with it. But with images you can click on them and they will be loaded. This does not seem to work for cross-domain redirects. And as annoying as URL shorteners are, I usually do like to follow those redirects.
Is it possible to separate the settings for images and redirects? Or is it possible to allow those redirect on a case-by-case base?
One easy way to do so would to display the content of the redirect page which usually contains a link to the redirect target.
Kind regards, Axel
You know, this may be the first time I've agreed with one of Debian's patches. Dillo's default setting breaks many major web sites, including Wikipedia, Google Images, and every photo hosting site. This hurts Dillo's usability, particularly for new and/or less technically knowledgeable users. The average user isn't going to stop and think "oh, these images aren't loading because they're hosted on a different domain"; he's going to think "Dillo is broken because this site doesn't work," and probably switch to a different browser. (Keep in mind, dillo-dev probably represents a small minority of users -- those who are both technically knowledgeable and interested enough to subscribe and participate. But good software can't be designed just for the minority. Firefox isn't popular only for its technical merits, but also because it's easy for people to install and use.) Granted, I like Axel's suggestions -- allow more fine-grained control, and display redirect links. They're much better than the current all-or-nothing approach. I'm just saying while we're at it, maybe we should also reconsider Dillo's IMHO overly paranoid defaults. A lot more people would probably stick with Dillo if it just behaved like they expect it to. ~Benjamin