[TYPO3-english] showpic.php problem realurl IE7

[Mathias Schreiber [wmdb >]]

Gijs Epping schrieb:
> Christopher Torgalson schreef:
>> 1. Temporarily revert any .htaccess changes you may have made to 'fix'
>> the problem
>> 2. Temporarily remove showpic.php altogether from the web root.
>> 3. Test
>>
>> I'll bet it works properly :)
> 
> I will try it, but still why does showpic.php still lives in the current 
> core releases?

Backwards compatibility.
Imagine this:
Someone does an extension and does NOT stick to TYPO3's Coding rules, 
ergo doesn't use API functions to call popup windows, but manually links 
to showpic.php.

;-)

cheers
Mattes