277865 - URLs without http:// from external applications / command line don't respect tab browsing prefs

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Justin Kerk]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a6) Gecko/20050110 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a6) Gecko/20050110 Firefox/1.0+

I have the "Tabbed Browsing -> Open links from other applications in: a new tab
in the most recent window" option set. This works fine for most links. However,
links like "www.google.com" that have no http:// in front cause a new window to
be opened. This happens fairly frequently when people mention URLs in mIRC, but
it can be reproduced just by using the command line.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set the "new tab in the most recent window" option
2. Start->Run->"firefox www.google.com"

Actual Results:  
A new window is opened with Google in it

Expected Results:  
A new tab should be opened in the existing window with Google in it

Try running "firefox http://www.google.com" instead to see the contrast.

Comment 1

[Justin Kerk]

With the fix to bug 276588 URLs without http:// from external applications now
do not work at all. See in particular bug 276588 comment 60.

Comment 2

[Matthew Imakyure]

I can confirm this.  Was brought to my attention when I clicked a link in mIRC
as noted in the description.  I can also reproduce by the steps listed, although
step 1 does not seem to be necessary (any option selected will reproduce for me).  

Windows 2000
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050321
Firefox/1.0+

Comment 3

[Justin Kerk]

Well the first step doesn't make a difference now since URLs without http:// are
now completely broken, but there was a point in the past where they worked but
would not respect your tab preferences. I assume even if it was fixed so that
the URLs work, the tab preference issue would need a separate fix.

Comment 4

[Justin Kerk]

This has been fixed by the fix for bug 290782.