Context-based URLs are confusing to users
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Launchpad itself |
Triaged
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
too many urls for one and the same bug are confusing.
for example bug #490772 is reachable by following urls
[1] https:/
[2] https:/
[3] https:/
[4] https:/
[5] https:/
[6] https:/
of all those urls i consider [5] as the "absolute" url. it is the url which appears in the emails i get from launchpad, and it is the url which launchpad creates for notation like bug #somenumber.
i think all urls should always redirect to the absolute form (the form of url [5]).
alternatively there should be a link somewhere prominent on the page which has a link to the absolute url so it can be copied. i remember that such a link was present in an older version of launchpad.
somehwat related: bug #247488
affects: | launchpad-web → malone |
summary: |
- always redirect to absolute url for bug + Context-based URLs are confusing to users |
The different URLs are used to present the bug page slightly differently given the context in which the bug is reported. An obvious use of this currently on Launchpad is that a bug in one context (i.e. one of its URLs) might have a low heat number and no flame icons while the same bug in another context (i.e. another URL) might have high heat and four flame icons.
This is just one example, but we do use the different URLs to convey context and do not want to redirect every context to the short form url. This bug can't be fixed for that reason.