This doesn't happen for me in Epiphany 2.30.2 on Lucid, search works
fine for the URL mentioned.
** Changed in: epiphany-browser (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Fix Released
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Epiphany cannot search/find text when displaying an XML document
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368363
You
confirming, this needs to be send upstream at bugzilla.gnome.org though.
** Changed in: epiphany-browser (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
** Changed in: epiphany-browser (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
** Also affects: epiphany-browser
Importance: Undecided
Status: New