Closed Bug 337710 Opened 19 years ago Closed 17 years ago

login to gmail and other google services is busted [ evangelism?]

Categories

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English Other, defect)

Product:
Tech Evangelism Graveyard
Component:
English Other
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: chofmann, Assigned: dougt)

References

Details

(Keywords: mobile)

I think we have seen this before, it was fixed, but now it appears to be back. when I attempt to login in to gmail or google.com/ig I get an error page (something about XML parsing I think) when running with minimo. I think Darin found us a contact to help fix the first time. Darin, do you remember who that person was? It would also be good if gmail would let minimo into the full ajax based e-mail, instead of the dumbed down mobile version.
also, once I get the XML error page, if I go back to the service I was trying to login to, everthing appears to be fine and I can access the service, so the login appears to be successful. we just need to figure out a way to get rid of that confusing error message page that appears after submitting user name and password.
With Minimo, I get a XML error when logging in to the google services. This error can be reproduced in Firefox if you change the user agent to what Minimo uses: Using about:config, add a new string key: name: "general.useragent.override" value: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows CE 4.21; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050720 Minimo/0.007" The error you will see is something like: XML Parsing Error: mismatched tag. Expected: </meta>. Location: https://www.google.com/accounts/CheckCookie?continue=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&hl=en&chtml=LoginDoneHtml Line Number 1, Column 114: <html> <head> <title>Google</title> <meta content="0; url=http://www.google.com/" http-equiv="refresh"> </head> <body> </body> </html> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------^
*** Bug 336026 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 344716 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
still need some help on this from someone at google, if we can find a contact
fixed... sort of. With the minimo string in the UA, Google now redirects us to a specialized login page for us.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 18 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
okay. too haste. this is still busted.
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
hey how do i get this problem corrected
a couple of thoughts. for those that want the work around, you just need to ignore the ugly xml parsing error message after submitting login info. if you reload the gmail page you will be logged in. the other thought is that we should create an "evangelism" component under minimo for sites that aren't honoring the UA correctly or are in need of better strategies for dealing with small screens or streamlined input interaction. With a list of bugs we could recruit volunteers to contact the sites with a message for the sites to get their mobile act together.
Status: REOPENED → NEW
Component: General → English Other
Keywords: mobile
Product: Minimo → Tech Evangelism
Version: WinCE → unspecified
using the latest build of fennec, i do not see this problem. since this bug is written up against minimo, i am going to mark as WONTFIX.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 18 years ago → 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Product: Tech Evangelism → Tech Evangelism Graveyard
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