73957 - Defined pluginspage not reached when need java plugin

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Shannon Diener]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; HP-UX B.11.00 9000/785; en-US; m18)
Gecko/20010214 Netscape6/6.01

When the pluginspage in the html code is defined to be:
http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/?/plugin-install.html
Where ? is the plugin version such as 1.2.2.

This page redirects to a page at java.sun.com listing where to get the desired
java plugin for your OS.  For HP the user would be redirected to:
http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/?/download/hpux.html
Where ? is again specified by the java plugin version

When the browser on HPUX tried to contact this page, the user receives a message
saying that "The operation timed out when attempting to contact java.sun.com"

Typing the above java.sun.com urls into the url bar takes the user directly to
the site without problems.

This is seen on HPUX on the Netscape_6_0_OEM_BRANCH and on the trunk. This
problem is not seen on linux.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Go to the url listed in the URL field of this bugscape bug  (I apologize
that this is an internal site but I have been unable to find an external example
- I will post the html code)
2.  If you do not have the java plugin, a dialog will appear saying "This page
contains information of type (application/x-java-applet;version 1.2.2) that can
only be viewed by the appropriate Plug-in.  Click OK to download Plugin"   Click OK
3.  The browser will try to take you to the site:
http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.2.2/plugin-install.html?application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2


Actual Results:  A new (blank) browser window may or may not appear (I've seen
both instances) and after a while the user will receive a dialog box saying:
"The operation timed out when attempting to contact java.sun.com"

Expected Results:  A new window will appear displaying the java.sun.com site
specific to your OS (for HP):
 http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.2/download/hpux.html

This part of the html page showing the reference to pluginspage:

<EMBED type="application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2"  CODE = XYZApp.class WIDTH
= 100 HEIGHT = 100 model = models/water.xyz  scriptable=false
pluginspage="http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.2.2/plugin-install.html"><NOEMBED>
alt="Your browser understands the &lt;APPLET&gt; tag but isn't running the
applet, for some reason."
	Your browser is completely ignoring the &lt;APPLET&gt; tag!
</NOEMBED></EMBED>

Comment 1

[Barrett Lindstrom]

attempting to change bug to new.

Comment 2

[Shannon Diener]

Not seeing this on the trunk ... resolving worksforme

Comment 3

[Barrett Lindstrom]

Verified on build #2001052021 on hpux 11i.