Uppercase URL causes web search

Bug #1436312 reported by Robie Basak
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
webbrowser-app
Fix Released
Low
Olivier Tilloy
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Olivier Tilloy
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu RTM)
Fix Released
Undecided
Olivier Tilloy

Bug Description

Using krilin build 20.

In the browser, I enter the URL HTTP://www.ubuntu.com.

Expected behaviour: fixes case, takes me to Ubuntu website.

Actual behaviour: does a Google search for "HTTP://www.ubuntu.com".

Impact: it's awkward to scan QR codes that give me URLs in all caps, which is how I discovered the issue.

Workaround: edit the HTTP to http manually. But after the Google search, editing the URL is awkward because the URL changes to one suitable for the Google search.

Related branches

Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in webbrowser-app:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Low
Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app:
assignee: nobody → Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package webbrowser-app - 0.23+15.04.20150331.2-0ubuntu1

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webbrowser-app (0.23+15.04.20150331.2-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium

  [ CI Train Bot ]
  * New rebuild forced.

  [ Olivier Tilloy ]
  * Always initialize member attribute at construction time.
  * Remove two broken symlinks. removed:
    src/Ubuntu/Components/Extras/Browser/favicon-image-provider.cpp@
    src/Ubuntu/Components/Extras/Browser/favicon-image-provider.h@
  * Rewrite URLs with an uppercase scheme. (LP: #1436312)
  * Use the new locationBarController API available in oxide 1.5 to
    control the position of the chrome. (LP: #1365179, #1429132)
 -- CI Train Bot <email address hidden> Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:17:22 +0000

Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu RTM):
status: New → Confirmed
Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu RTM):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
assignee: nobody → Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
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