EdgeViewer - Modern HTML viewer plugin

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Re: EdgeViewer - Modern HTML viewer plugin

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Did a quick check and it seems to work fine on XP. Maybe wait for other users to confirm before making an official release.

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Re: EdgeViewer - Modern HTML viewer plugin

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Internal links in local markdown files don't work in EdgeViewer and MarkdownView.

Example:

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1. [How-To](#how-to)
...
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## How-To

Some text...
Using EdgeViewer I get following message, when I click on such kind of link to header in md file.

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The file was not found.
It may have been moved, edited, or deleted.
ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
Right clicking on the link and choosing "Copy link", I get something like "http://local.example/PATH/TO/#topic-1" with OfflineMode=0 and 1 in edgeviewer.ini.
In MarkdownView there happens nothing when clicking on the link and I get "file:///DRIVELETTER:/PATH/TO/#topic-1" when copying link, no matter whether ForceOffline=0 or 1 in MarkdownView.ini.

Note: There is NO file name and extension in the path of viewed README.md before #topic-1 in both EdgeViewer and MarkdownView.

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Using MarkdownView 2.5 x64 and EdgeViewer 1.0.7.0 x64, Commander 11.02 x64 on Windows 11 23H2 22631.2861 x64.
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Re: EdgeViewer - Modern HTML viewer plugin

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Doesn't sound like an easy fix, will create a task, thanks!
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Re: EdgeViewer - Modern HTML viewer plugin

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Dear all,

I like the effort making a new HTML viewer based on the current Chromium based browser engine. In the past I was using the good old HTMLViewer plugin.
I work as a system administrator and use this plugin to have an insight into html documents for IT-security reasons. This gives me a HTML layouted view of the document instead of opening HTML files inside an text editor.

I use it in front of opening unknown or "suspicious" files in native browsers like Chrome, Edge, Firefox,... Do you have any suggestions for hardening this plugin regarding secure view of html files of "unknown sources? Is it more safe to use this plugin instead of well-configured external browsers?

And do you think EdgeView is more or less secure than the old HTMLView plugin?

Thanks for feedback 😊

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Re: EdgeViewer - Modern HTML viewer plugin

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Matthias030,
Well, for text-only viewing, TC's internal HTML mode of the Lister (F3) would be a good choice.

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Re: EdgeViewer - Modern HTML viewer plugin

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You may use offine mode or set proxy to 0.0.0.0, that would be enough for most cases.
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Re: EdgeViewer - Modern HTML viewer plugin

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Dear MaxX and Hacker,

Thank you both for this information. I am now using the offline switch in edgeviewer.ini and also set proxy to 0.0.0.0 by a paramater from here:
https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/

EdgeView is slower in loading times compared to the old HTMLVIew. On the other hand, I think it will become more compatible with newer HTML files in the future.

@Hacker: You're right. The TC-internal HTML viewer is the most secure way to review HTML files. Unfortunately it is displayed without any layout / design information and stripped down to the "real" content only. Sometimes this is a little to less for me ;)

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Re: EdgeViewer - Modern HTML viewer plugin

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You may also like this thing
viewtopic.php?p=444083#p444083
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Re: EdgeViewer - Modern HTML viewer plugin

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MaxX wrote: 2024-04-08, 21:27 UTC 2Matthias030
You may also like this thing
viewtopic.php?p=444083#p444083
Thank you. I have taken these parameters into my ini file :-)
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Re: EdgeViewer - Modern HTML viewer plugin

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could I preserve the zoom-in state?
I did zoom-in html files in the Quick View Panel,
and when I clicked the next file, It return to not zoom-in state.
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Re: EdgeViewer - Modern HTML viewer plugin

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parktaije wrote: 2024-07-21, 19:28 UTC could I preserve the zoom-in state?
I guess there is no built-in functionality I can leverage, so this is something I have to implement myself. Will consider!
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Re: EdgeViewer - Modern HTML viewer plugin

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Fortunately, I could get it, so please check out this release.
If I see it correctly - some commits were done inside the master branch of Markdown plug.
So wouldn't it be right to release version 2.5.1?
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