Firefox garbles some syndication feed URLs
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
On Web sites that have a syndication feed available, Firefox displays a button on the right side of the location bar. When clicked, it is supposed to load the feed , and provide an option to subscribe to it.
On some sites, Firefox garbles the URL for the feed, resulting in an error. For example,
1. Go to http://
2. Click on the 'Subscribe to this page' button in the location bar
3. Firefox tries to take you to an invalid address: feed://
A look at the site's code shows that it is pointing to the right place:
<link rel="alternate" type="applicati
So it appears that Firefox is mangling the URL to the feed.
| John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in firefox: | |
| status: | New → Won't Fix |
Sorry but Firefox-2 is getting near EOS and they wont be fixing anything but major issues security issues mainly. Please try to reproduce this with Firefox-3.0 if you can reproduce this bug please click on Help > Report a problem and file the bug that way. This does not mean that it wasn't already fixed.