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The view-source URI scheme is used by some browsers to construct URLs that refer to a source display for a given resource.
For example, this URI would show the source of the page located at http://www.example.com: view-source:http://www.example.com
On 25 May 2011 the 'view-source' URI scheme was officially registered with IANA [1] per RFC 4395.
Browser Support
Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer both supported the scheme, but support was dropped from Internet Explorer in Windows XP SP2 due to security problems.[2] Firefox also suffered a similar security issue (by combining view-source and javascript URIs[3]), but still supported it in Firefox 1.5[4] after being fixed. In 2009 a new discovered bug was fixed in Firefox 3.0.9.[5]
- Mozilla Firefox - supported
- Netscape - supported
- Internet Explorer 4, 5, and 6 - supported
- Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 - not supported after Windows XP SP2
- Safari 3.2.1 - supported[citation needed]
- Opera 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 - not supported
- Google Chrome - supported[citation needed]
- Epiphany - supported[citation needed]
- HP webOS - supported in-browser via a homebrew app called Internalz Pro[6]
References
- ^ Yevstifeyev, M. "'view-source' URI scheme registration template". Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ "view-source Protocol". MSDN. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
- ^ mikx (2005-05-21). "Mozilla Firefox view-source:javascript url Code Execution Exploit". milw0rm. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
- ^ jonathan (2005-11-30). "View Source Bug Fixed and a Tip". blogzilla. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
- ^ Fleischer, Gregory (April 21, 2009). "MFSA 2009-17: Same-origin violations when Adobe Flash loaded via view-source scheme". Mozilla. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
- ^ Robitaille, Jason (2010-08-28). "Internalz 1.3 brings style with a dark theme and more". PreCentral. Retrieved 2011-02-11.