314319 - data: URIs no longer work in the URL field

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 313544

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Before the bugzilla upgrade, a data: URI in the URL field of a bug would cause the text "URL:" to become a link to that data: URI, so that one could click the link and load the testcase.  With the upgrade, that seems to have broken -- http URIs still cause linkified text, but data: URIs no longer do.

This makes using a lot of testcases in our bugs kinda annoying -- instead of just clicking on the link one has to select all the text, copy it, then paste it somewhere.

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 313544 ***

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Oh, I just noticed that when I use a data: URI the "URL" label is placed inside an <abbr> that has a tooltip talking about javascript: and data: URLs not being clickable anymore...  That makes things even worse, since the abbr dotted underline looks a lot like a link underline, and the very dark blue color bugzilla is now using for links is very close to black (and even closer when hovered).  So the damn thing _looks_ like a link, but isn't.  So I keep clicking and nothing happens...

Given that <abbr>, I assume there was a really good reason of some sort for disabling this functionality?  If so, what was it?  If javascript: is disabled as well, this is making even more of our testcases painful to use...