444505 - Facebook links not clearing URL before adding php string

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Andrew]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0

Start here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php

Clicked on random friends profile.
Goes to new URL: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10004790&ref=nf#

Clicked home.
Does not go.

New URL: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10004790&ref=nf#/home.php

It just tacks the local URL at the end and does not clear the address of where I currently am. This happens with all URLs within facebook and the only fix is to manually retype the address. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:  
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Expected Results:  
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Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

failed at step2, i have no friends :-)

Comment 2

[James Acres]

I have the same problem, except I'm using the new facebook and didn't have the problem with the old one.

I started a bug report over at Facebook, but I think it's related to this.
http://forum.developers.facebook.com/viewtopic.php?pid=89850

Comment 3

[NB]

This bug is most certainly confirmed. Here are the steps to reproduce, and WHY the bug should be fixed.

1. Go to www.facebook.com and log in.
2. It will take you to http://www.facebook.com/home.php
3. Click on your own Profile link at the top of the page.

Expected result:
It should take you to 
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=12345678&ref=profile
but instead it takes you to:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=12345678&ref=profile

What this does is load Home AGAIN, then it loads your profile.
This problem continues down the line as you keep clicking links.

4. From there, hover over Inbox and click View Message Inbox.

Expected behavior:
It should take you to:
http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?drop&ref=mb
but instead it takes you to:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/inbox/?drop&ref=mb

NOTE: that clicking the Refresh button causes the expected behavior to occur. Also, middle clicking a link to open it in a new tab causes the expected behavior to occur. It just does not work when left clicking to open in the same tab.

I don't know if this is a bug in facebook, or in firefox, but I'd bet that this works properly in MS Internet Exploder. Millions of people use facebook, and this just looks bad. 

Firefox version confirmed in: v3.5.3
don't know if it ever worked properly.

Someone PLEASE fix this! It loads pages twice, first the part before the # hash mark, then the part after the hash mark. It could have unintended consequences that I don't know about, like posting comments twice, or who knows what. It can't be that hard to fix, right??? ;) good luck fellas. someone please take this and elevate the priority since facebook is a high visibility web app.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.12 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
Also, please consider using the most recent Firefox 4 beta build, your bug may be resolved there.

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.