unable to open local world about x_ite HOT 8 CLOSED

http://create3000.de/x_ite/getting-started/

has a fuller explanation. You need to serve from a web server.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Common_questions/set_up_a_local_testing_server#Running_a_simple_local_HTTP_server

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yes, i did originally think it should be a feature request, but......

• the error reported is "...reading the remote resource at...", which is of-course just wrong.
• i believe it to be wider practice on the web that this works, cf HTML and X3DOM, doing it the same way allows leveraging more existing code/work. (certainly for me)
• setting up a server for casual use cases, is asking too much of the user.
• seems to me, but i haven't tested, trivial to do it better. my guess is; try a non-CORS request first, and if that fails only then try the more advanced CORS request.

where i'm coming from;

i do grok what an evolving/historical mess getting data on web-pages is.
but servers are a blockage, distributed, non-server based, web tech, is generally the way forward.
for example; web-sockets being used to syncing up worlds between browsers, has huge potential.

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CORS is a browser security feature.
You CAN open local files in firefox (and only in firefox) if you keep some things in mind.

• all files must be in the same folder
• the web page is in the main folder
• x3d, images ... must be in the main folder or subfolder

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CORS is a browser security feature.

you are mis-informed

CORS is Cross Origin Resource Sharing, its a way to BYPASS the, clumsy, security restriction of only allowing resources from the same origin.

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i will try using that setup with firefox.

(sorry, previous comment a bit terse, i was cooking for kids simultaneously.)

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able to open local files this way. closing.

(had to convert to .x3d, since .wrl not supported in x_ite.)

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turns out x_ite does support .wrl see #24

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Now that X3D-Edit 4.0 is running (in beta) again, am looking for a simple way to add a CORS option using Java so that authors can use X_ITE on locally converted models. Hopefully this can be done on localhost for a variety of Web browsers, so that authors have maximum ability to test X_ITE presentation of X3D models.
https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit

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