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Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:

> I believe it will match the users expectations, which is the most one
> can demand from a heuristic.  Users will expect a www.dict.com button
> to connect to a http server.

Maybe we should do the Netscape heuristic.  I guess this is what most
people are used to.  So, an ftp.uu.net button should open a dired
buffer or use W3 to do the ftp thing.

Whatcha think?

kai
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