197026 - (delayed because remote) file:/// access resulting out of opening bookmark folder leads to freeze of the whole browser GUI

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 98682

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[pkolloch]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021226 Debian/1.2.1-9
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021226 Debian/1.2.1-9

When having a file link as bookmark which refers to a remote file (using
auto-mounting in my case) and this file is not accesible instantly, the browser
freezes during the delay.

That is not so bad, if you directly know why this is happening. So the minimal
solution in my opinion would be to provide some progress information if a delay
occurs (like "trying to access file:///..."). It would be even much better, if a
possibility to interrupt the action was provided.

[I do not know the reason why the file has to be accessed when opening the
bookmark folder anyway]

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a "file:///" bookmark which refers to a file on another computer in
the network
2. Disconnect that computer
3. Open the bookmark folder that that bookark is contained in (note: you do
_not_ have to open the bookmark itself) either in the side bar or the tool bar

Actual Results:  
Browser freezes (maybe it unfreezes whenever the timeout for the underlying file
system is reached, I have not waited long)

Expected Results:  
Show at least what it is doing, so the user gets feed back on which action the
browser froze

Even better: Provide a possiblity to interrupt accessing the file or to turn off
the verification (or whatever it is) totally.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** Bug 147003 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 98682 ***

Comment 3

[Will Budreau]

*** Bug 263897 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***