Re: [Inkscape-devel] [NEW] Very simple fix for the image embedding problem

On Mar 7, 2010, at 2:55 PM, Rob Antonishen wrote:

Don't know about socks, but at least basic http proxy is necessary for many corporate users (and a few ISP's, too)

Yes. Which is one of the more complicated reasons to avoid supporting direct HTTP links in Inkscape itself.