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Basic HTML question

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 by Dave Winer.

I have a folder of images on my local disk. Permalink to this paragraph

If I drag one onto the Firefox icon in my toolbar, it displays.  Permalink to this paragraph

The URL in the address bar is: Permalink to this paragraph

file:///flickrPics/pic42688.jpg Permalink to this paragraph

However, if I use that URL as the src attribute on an img element, I get a broken image. Permalink to this paragraph

<img src="file:///flickrPics/pic42688.jpg"> Permalink to this paragraph

Question: Is there a way to get the browser to display an image coming from the local file system, and if so, what's the syntax for the URL? Permalink to this paragraph



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