[dokuwiki] Re: Suggested new config option: acceptable protocol handlers in links
- From: Walter GR <waltergr@xxxxxxx>
- To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:39:55 -0700
Sander Tekelenburg wrote:
> > a) a user experienced enough to know what a protocol handler
> > is, and to contact the admin if it's not working
> > b) a malicious user who will give up if it's not working
>
> Agreed. I was thinking more of
> c) user enters typo
Ah, excellent point. Well, currently if a user enters a typo
it gets linkified by DokuWiki automatically. They'd have no
way of knowing they entered a typo unless they preview and
click all their links. Either rendering a non-approved-
protocol-handler-link as text or removing it completely would
actually be _more_ of a sign that something is wrong.
Bob McConnell wrote:
> Firefox with any of the linkification plug-ins will
> automatically convert text URIs with any of several protocol
> types into a clickable link. I haven't looked to see if those
> lists are adjustable, but wouldn't they over ride most of the
> server options you are discussing?
I guess that's dependent on whether the link is rendered as
text or removed. Link as text + linkification plugin would at
least let someone see the link _in the wiki text_ and be able
to come to some judgment about whether they should click on
it or not. (Granted, the link destination appears in the status
bar, but not everyone checks that before clicking.)
Walter
P.S. The "Linkification" Firefox plugin has a configurable
list of protocol handlers. The default list is
news, nntp, telnet, irc, mms, ed2k, file, about, mailto, xmpp,
https, ftp, http
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