Thanks for the link, Saurabh, but I don't think it would fix this particular issue as the user isn't brought to a Firefox error page, but one created by the proxy server. To fix this bug, the browser must know in advance that it isn't a proper URL (i.e., doesn't end in ".com" or any other TLD, etc.) and that it should go ahead and send it to the default search engine instead of the proxy server, just the way it does with multi-word searches.
The problem seems to be that Firefox is just assuming that any single word typed into the Address Bar is a URL to be sent to the proxy, instead of checking it first. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/84242 Title: Firefox address bar search displays proxy error page for single word queries Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: The problems transpire when searching for single words using the address bar in Firefox. When I have Firefox proxy settings set to "Auto Detect" this feature works fine. (Q: is the proxy being used then?) When explicitly setting the proxy settings in Firefox this fails sending me to http://query/ (displaying the proxy's error page). It also fails, when configuring the proxy via PAC file (last option in the settings). (Initially reported for version 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10 under edgy) TEST CASE (from comment #7): 1. Add proxy to Firefox conntections. - Tools > Options > Advanced > Network. - Click Settings under Connections. - Select Manual proxy configuration and enter valid proxy details to use for HTTP. - Apply settings. 2. Enter a search term in Firefox's address bar, e.g. "query", and press enter. What happens in this situation is Firefox attempts to reach "http://query/";, which of course is non existent. What should happen normally is "query" is searched with Google. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/84242/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
