Firefox corrupts URLs in Netflix emails
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| evolution (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
I got an email from NetFlix telling me a movie is on the way, and the message contains this tag:
<a href=3D"http://
When I copy the link location in the visible email (I use Evolution) I get this URL:
http://
But when I click it and it opens the browser, Firefox winds up with this in the location box:
http://
It has added a slash before "Movie" and omitted the "&" between the "?" and "amp;". It's also failed to convert the "&"s to "&"s.
This doesn't work. But if I edit the URL manually to say this:
http://
...it works.
Either Evolution of Firefox is dropping the ball here.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Feb 12 19:49:11 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: firefox 2.0.0.12+
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: firefox
Uname: Linux Karabekian 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 1 04:59:50 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
| gbryant (bryants) wrote | #1 |
| Matthew Tighe (tighem) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in evolution: | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in evolution: | |
| assignee: | nobody → desktop-bugs |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | Incomplete → Fix Released |
This is probably a parsing error in evolution. I know "&" is actually some sort of HTML or Javascript thing. Apparently however (from googling), Netflix shouldn't be putting & in their URLs, either. It's not technically wrong but is not recommended.