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==Browser support==
[[Firefox]] and [[Internet Explorer]] both{{selfref|{{redirect|View supportedsource|trying theto scheme,edit buta support(semi)protected waspage droppedon from Internet Explorer in [[Windows XP SP2]] due to security problems.<ref>{{citeWikipedia|WP:View websource}}}}
{{primary sources|date=October 2012}}
|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767742.aspx
{{lowercase title}}
|title=view-source Protocol
The '''view-source''' [[URI scheme]] is used by some [[web browsers]] to construct [[Uniform Resource Identifier|URI]]s that result in the browser displaying the [[source code]] of a [[web page]] or other [[web resource]].<ref>[https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-yevstifeyev-view-source-uri IETF Draft]</ref>
|publisher=MSDN
|access-date=2009-02-25
}}</ref> Firefox also suffered a similar security issue (by combining view-source and javascript URIs<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.milw0rm.com/id.php?id=1007
|access-date=2009-02-25
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814075238/http://www.milw0rm.com/id.php?id=1007
|archive-date=2007-08-14
|title=Mozilla Firefox view-source:javascript url Code Execution Exploit
|work=milw0rm
|author=mikx
|date=2005-05-21
}}</ref>), but still supported it in Firefox 1.5<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://deftone.com/blogzilla/archives/view_source_bug_fixed_and_a_tip.html
|title=View Source Bug Fixed and a Tip
|work=blogzilla
|author=jonathan
|date=2005-11-30
|access-date=2009-02-25
}}</ref> after being fixed. In 2009 a new discovered bug was fixed in [[Mozilla Firefox 3|Firefox 3.0.9]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-17.html|title=MFSA 2009-17: Same-origin violations when Adobe Flash loaded via view-source scheme|last=Fleischer|first=Gregory|date=April 21, 2009|work=Mozilla|access-date=2009-04-22}}</ref>
For example, the [[Uniform Resource Identifier|URI]] '''<code>view-source:<nowiki>https://example.com</nowiki></code>''' should show the source of the page located at <code>[https://example.com https://example.com]</code>.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Browser !! Supported?
|-
|[[Mozilla Firefox]] || {{yes|supported}}<ref>{{cite web|title=View Source - Firefox Developer Tools |work=MDN|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/View_source}}</ref>
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| [[SeaMonkey]] || {{yes|supported}}
|-
| [[Netscape]] || {{yes|supported}}
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| Internet Explorer [[Internet Explorer 4|4]], [[Internet Explorer 5|5]] and [[Internet Explorer 6|6]] || {{yes|supported}}
|-
| Internet Explorer [[Internet Explorer 6|6]], [[Internet Explorer 7|7]], and [[Internet Explorer 8|8]] || {{no|not supported}} after Windows XP SP2
|-
| [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] 3.2.1 || {{yes|supported}}
|-
| [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] 5, 6 || {{no|not supported}}
|-
| [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 || {{no|not supported}}
In the early internet, View Source helped people to create their own web pages, learning by example.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sahlin |first1=Doug |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfDRYLDyKcoC&dq=%22view+source%22&pg=PA161 |title=Building Web Sites All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies |last2=Snell |first2=Claudia |date=2007-02-03 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-12720-9 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
On 25 May 2011, the 'view-source' URI scheme was officially registered with IANA<ref>{{cite web|last=Yevstifeyev|first=M.|title='view-source' URI scheme registration template|url=https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/prov/view-source|access-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> per RFC 4395.
| [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] 15 and up || {{yes|supported}}
|-
| [[Google Chrome]] || {{yes|supported}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Google Chrome's Full List of Special about: Pages|work=Lifehacker|date=4 September 2008 |url=http://lifehacker.com/5045164/google-chromes-full-list-of-special-about-pages}}</ref>
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| [[Web (web browser)|Web]] || {{yes|supported}}
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| [[webOS|HP webOS]] || {{partial|via third-party app}} (Internalz Pro)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.precentral.net/internalz-1-3-brings-style-dark-theme-and-more|title=Internalz 1.3 brings style with a dark theme and more|last=Robitaille|first=Jason|publisher=PreCentral|date=2010-08-28|access-date=2011-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512181830/http://www.precentral.net/internalz-1-3-brings-style-dark-theme-and-more|archive-date=2011-05-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}
==References==
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