Re: Not OK computer:/// [was Re: Should Desktop = Home?]

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 09:02 +0100, Sander Vesik wrote:
> 
> But see, this only makes sense and would be relevant if the stuff that
> gnome-vfs calls URI-s were really that. Except they aren't. Calling
> them URIs is just a shorthand and mostly derives from historic reasons
> (and confusions). 

Yes. Its a bit unfortunate. It leads to problem such as assuming gnome-
vfs should handle all the real-world strange uris out there such as
mailto. However, it also has advantages in that it actually does
correspond to normal uris in some cases, so there is some form of
compatibility.

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