Re: [xsl] Unable to get Firefox to apply XSL

["Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 2:21 PM Martin Honnen martin.honnen@xxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> but of course no convincing way for people accustomed to the ease the
file system used to offer but browser vendors have decided to take away.

Maybe security is of higher importance than convenience?

Cheers,
Dimitre

>
> Am 29.03.2022 um 23:06 schrieb Michele R Combs mrrothen@xxxxxxx:
>
> This is XSL-coding-adjacent so Ibm hoping someone knows.
>
>
>
> Firefox is declining to apply an xsl stylesheet to an XML document.  This
> is a pair of documents Ibve used many times over the years for demoing
how
> the browser can be used to apply XSL to render an XML file into HTML.  Last
> year we had to tweak Firefoxbs  privacy.file.unique.origin setting in
> about:config but that particular setting doesnbt seem to be present in
> this latest version of Firefox, at least I donbt see it in about:config,
> nor anything resembling it.  Both the XML and XSL are in the same local
> folder on my desktop.  If anyone knows a fix Ibd be grateful.
>
>
> I think your only chance with most current browsers is serving over HTTP
> (e.g. localhost), relatively easy these days where I think most
> platforms/programming languages come with some way to run a local HTTP
> server, but of course no convincing way for people accustomed to the ease
> the file system used to offer but browser vendors have decided to take
away.
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