91134 - Opening link from other program (Outlook) opens homepage

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[dave.close]

Ever since bug 89345 and release 0.9.2, attempts to open a page via a link from
another program, in particular Outlook, open only my homepage. Links from one
page to another within Mozilla were fixed, but not from other programs. Instead,
a new window opens to my homepage.

I had also tried blocking the ability to open a new page using the prefs.js line
suggested in the release notes. Doing that did not block this new page. I have
since removed the line from prefs.js but Mozilla continues to fail to open the
right page.

Comment 1

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

This is a dupe of bug 88083.  If I could, I'd mark it such.

Comment 2

[Terri Preston]

Marking dupe of 88083

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 88083 ***

Comment 3

[dave.close]

I've read 88083. That reports opening two windows, one blank and the other with
the correct page. I don't see how that is anything like this report. I'm
reporting that only one window is opened and it has my homepage - it is not
blank and does not have the correct page.

Comment 4

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

Can you try this with a newer build?  I just tested on trunk build 2001071304 on
NT 4 from Outlook 2000 and could not reproduce the problem in normal or turbo modes.

Comment 5

[Terri Preston]

WFM, w2k build 2001-07-17-05-0.9.2 and Outlook 2000 

Comment 6

[dave.close]

Attachment: prefs.js

Comment 7

[dave.close]

I'm currently using trunk build 2001071604 and I still see the problem. In case
it may be caused by corruption in my prefs file (which I edited to add the
noAccess line for new windows, then took that back out), I'm attaching that file.

Comment 8

[dave.close]

In order to access a site linked from email where the URL was hidden, I
temporarily made IE my default browser. After returning to Mozilla, URLs linked
from Outlook are again working. They always open a new window. They also open an
extra window labelled "Locate Link Browser".

Comment 9

[David Illsley]

Reporter: Are you saying that this now works? If so this bug can be marked as such.

Comment 10

[basic]

marking wfm per reporter's comment. Reporter: reopen if this is still an issue

Comment 11

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

mass verification of WorksForMe bugs: to find all bugspam pertaining to this,
set your search string to "IfItWorksForSlappyTheSquirrelThenItWFM".

if you think this particular bug is *still* an open issue, please make sure of
the following before reopening:

a. that it's still a problem with ***recent trunk builds*** on the all
appropriate platform[s]

b. provide clear steps to reproduce (unless a good test case is already in the
bug report), making sure it pertains to the original problem (avoid morphing as
much as possible :)