625360 - Typing one word in address bar returns an error instead of guessing url or searching in google.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 536955

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Neosano]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0b9pre) Gecko/20110110 Firefox-4.0/4.0b9pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0b9pre) Gecko/20110110 Firefox-4.0/4.0b9pre

But if I type two words or more it does the expected result!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type in address bar any single word, for example "Hello"
2. Press enter.
3. Be surprised.
Actual Results:  
Error page showed:

Unable to connect
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at hello.

Expected Results:  
It should return google results for "hello" or it should try to look for a url I meant. (for example "youtube" should redirect to "http://www.youtube.com/"

Comment 1

[Srinivas]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0b9pre) Gecko/20110110 Firefox/4.0b9pre

Works fine for me. Please try if you can reproduce it or if it works fine

1.in safe mode. 
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

2.or by creating a new profile
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles#Creating_a_profile

Comment 2

[J]

I can confirm this bug here; user-agent:

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0

(not sure what's going on with the Gecko version).  If it matters, this is on Arch.  It also happens with a clean profile in safe-mode.  Is there any other information that would help?

Comment 3

[Georg Koppen]

(In reply to J from comment #2)
> I can confirm this bug here; user-agent:
> 
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0
> 
> (not sure what's going on with the Gecko version).  If it matters, this is
> on Arch.  It also happens with a clean profile in safe-mode.  Is there any
> other information that would help?

Are you using a proxy? My guess is, yes. Then your bug would be https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536955

Comment 4

[J]

Wow, super-late reply.  My answer is: not knowingly, but maybe my ISP is forcing one on me.  I _have_ noticed it working with other internet connections, so I guess that's probably it.

Comment 5

[Ada [:adalucinet]]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:26.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/26.0

WFM with latest Nightly (Build ID: 20130811030225). Although, I'm able to reproduce this issue if I use a proxy. 

Marking as duplicate based on comment 3, comment 4 and this one.