30790 - Click on URL that references image; image loads in Mail, not browser

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect, P3)

Description

[sol]

If you click on a URL that references an image file (like a JPEG), rather than 
an html file, the image referenced by the URL loads in the Mail message pane, 
instead of launching a browser window to display the image.

Build ID - 2000-03-06-14 on WinNT

Steps to reproduce:
1. Launch Mail (Tasks | Mail); authenticate if necessary
2. Find an message that contains a URL that references an image file, rather 
than an html page (e.g., http://not_real_domain.com/example.jpg); click on the 
URL

Expected: Browser launches and loads image referenced by the URL
Actual: The image referenced by the URL is loaded in the message pane of Mail 
3-pane UI

Note: I have not tried other image types (.gif, etc.)

Comment 1

[Scott MacGregor]

I have a fix for this in my tree.

Comment 2

[sol]

Scott - I think this is a release note for Beta 1, and I'd recommend you check 
the fix into the trunk. Do you agree?

Comment 3

[Scott MacGregor]

Hey Sol I apologize for any confusion. I actually have this bug targeted for M15
which is not beta1. My comments were directed towards checking a fix into the
tip. I definetely wasn't talking about the beta1 branch =).....

Comment 4

[Scott MacGregor]

Fixed. the browser window content handler is now properly registered to handle 
content types for images, text/xul, and some others. It used to only step in for 
text/html. 

Now if you click on a url that has any of these other content types (such as 
image/jpeg, etc) we'll create a new browser window instead of trying to display 
them in the mail window.

Comment 5

[laurel]

OK using:
2000-04-10-09m15 commercial build NT 4.0
2000-04-10-09m15 commercial build linux rh6.0
2000-04-10-10m15 commercial build mac OS 9.0

The image url works okay if the browser is already open.
If the browser is not already open, I'm seeing trouble launching the url
consistently. In fact have seen a couple crashes.

Will mark this bug verified, since we no longer display the image in the message
pane and will log the problem(s) seen when browser is closed as separate
issue(s).