Closed Bug 162390 Opened 22 years ago Closed 22 years ago

If (any) hotlink is refused or doesn't connect the first time, no link address present

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

x86
Windows 2000
defect
Not set
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 103720

People

(Reporter: jensench, Assigned: Matti)

References

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Details

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020530
BuildID:    2002053012

opening a new tab using a hotlink. if the link doesn't work the first time, the
tab is now useless. requiring more attempts be done manually.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Note:
(1) Using a 56k modem.
(2) set Moz to: "middle-click opens new tab" and "tabs are loaded in the
background."

1. find and load cnn.com
2. middle-click a link (known to be functional) that the browser has not been to
for more than 7-days.
3. click 'ok' and kill the new tab.

4. repeat (2) & (3) until results are pleasant and useful.

Actual Results:     a small message-window opens and states that
""www.*******.com" could not be found. Please check the name and try again." 
   Clicking the 'OK' and opening the tab for the "dead" link yields a blank
window with no identifyers as to where or what it had been trying to do.

Expected Results:  The link's address should've been added to the address bar in
the new tab. (This would allow for a quick 'spellcheck' of the link or a retry
of the specified link.)

When a high-speed modem/network/link is used, this problem becomes almost
non-existant. (except for heavily used servers such as: eBay.com and, on
occasion, nytimes.com or cnn.com)

If the tab is closed and the link, again, middle-clicked, the page may or
may-not load properly until the N-th time (sometimes as many as 7 or 8 tries are
necessary to even access Google.com).
*** Bug 162391 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
I don't know what a hotlink is, but this is a dupe (admittedly hard to find).

BTW: The URL field is for URLs only, a host name does not work.

pi

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 103720 ***
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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