Ubuntu
language-pack-gnome-fi package

  1. Bug #230308
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 230308

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 230308] [NEW] [Hardy] Installing Finnish language add-on to Firefox 3 breaks address bar's "feeling lucky" functionality

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 01:44:49PM -0000, Risto Välimäki wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> One of the more handy features in Firefox is the address bar: when you
> type non-url text in address bar, Firefox googles the best matching url
> and goes there. If search result is ambiguous, Firefox should display
> google's search page.
>
> Unfortunately, for Finnish users, this feature is somewhat broken in
> Hardy.
>
> When I type for example "ubuntu finland" into the address bar...
>
> What should happen:
> Firefox should go to the url "http://www.ubuntu-fi.org/"
>
> What happens instead:
> Instead it tries to go to "www.ubuntu finland.com" which of course doesn't exist.
>
> However, if I disable the Finnish language pack (and restart Firefox), address bar works as it should.
> (to disable: Tools->Add-ons->Languages and select Firefox(fi) and then disable)

 affects ubuntu/language-pack-gnome-fi
 status confirmed
 importance high

 affects ubuntu/firefox-3.0
 status invalid

 affects ubuntu/firefox
 status invalid

 - Alexander