Closed Bug 272112 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

The URL http://offline_network_computer will do a search if that computer happens to be offline.

Categories

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Address Bar
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 263213

People

(Reporter: CoJaBo-Bugzilla, Assigned: bugs)

References

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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

When trying to connect to a computer on the network that is offline, a Google
search is performed. Firefox seems to be searching even if the URL contains
"HTTP://", which it should not do. (http://offline_network_computer)
I am reporting this as major since it is interfering enougf for me to have to
resort to IE to connect to network computers.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to URL http://offline_network_computer
Actual Results:  
Google search was run

Expected Results:  
Should have reported a timout trying to connect to http://offline_network_computer.

Running Firefox 1.0
WFM (I get an timeout) / Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; es-ES;
rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041108 Firefox/1.0 without extensions.
These are the test computers that do a search:
Firefox 1.0(not PR), Windows XP SP2, Extensions: DOM Inspector
Pentium III 500Mhz, 256MB RAM
Connected to router via Ethernet LAN

Firefox 1.0(not PR), Windows XP SP2, Extensions: Many
Athlon 64-bit 2.8 Ghz, 2GB RAM
Connected to router via Wireless LAN

The tested URLs:
http://main - a computer that exists, when it is running it connects to it, if
not running it searches for "main"
http://offline_network_computer - a computer that never existed, runs a search
for "offline_network_computer"
Summary: The URL http://offline_network_computer will do a search if the computer happens to be offline. → The URL http://offline_network_computer will do a search if that computer happens to be offline.
In Linux also it searches google (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; rv:1.7.3)
Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10).
Dupe of bug 263213?
(In reply to comment #4)
> Dupe of bug 263213?
Yep, any idea when it will be fixed?
we aren't very good at predicting the future, you're welcome to buy some tea
leaves and give it a try. (alternatively, perhaps more productively, you could
try downloading the source, setting up a build environment, building, and then
working on the relevant portion of the mozilla codebase.)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 263213 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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