title: Opening a file with protractor
body: <p>Every protractor example I can find on the internet seems to use <code>browser.get</code> with a web URI.</p>
  
  <pre><code>browser.get('http://localhost:8000');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'd like to use Selenium to simple navigate to a <code>file://</code> path so that I don't need a local web server running in order to perform tests. All I need is a simple HTML page and some assets.</p>
  
  <p>That doesn't seem to work though.</p>
  
  <pre><code>browser.get('file:///Users/myusername/dev/mpproject/spec/support/index.html');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I paste that URI into my browser window I get a HTML page. When I try to open it with protractor I get a timeout.</p>
  
  <p>How can I run tests on this page with protractor? The ideal answer will work with a relative file path from the <code>myproject</code> root.</p>