Public bug reported: file:/ URLs are not suported (... instead it passes it on to google when entered into URL bar, or raises a "network error" when followed from a page)
Being able to browser local html pages would be handy to work around bug #1516220 (lack of form completion or password manager), because that way could could store pre-filled forms somewhere on your home directory. Well it is still possible to pull of this workaround, but it requires installing nginx (... and configuring it correctly to prevent people on the same Wifi from snarfing your password-containing templates...) phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/public_html$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 15.04 Release: 15.04 phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/public_html$ apt-cache policy webbrowser-app webbrowser-app: Installed: 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1 0 1001 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/stable-snapshot/ubuntu/ vivid/main armhf Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.23+15.04.20150416-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ vivid/main armhf Packages What I expected to happen: Visiting file:/ should show me a directory view of the root directory of the device What happened instead: The phone passed the string file:/ on to google... D'oh... :-( ** Affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to webbrowser-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1516249 Title: file:/ URLs not supported Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: file:/ URLs are not suported (... instead it passes it on to google when entered into URL bar, or raises a "network error" when followed from a page) Being able to browser local html pages would be handy to work around bug #1516220 (lack of form completion or password manager), because that way could could store pre-filled forms somewhere on your home directory. Well it is still possible to pull of this workaround, but it requires installing nginx (... and configuring it correctly to prevent people on the same Wifi from snarfing your password-containing templates...) phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/public_html$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 15.04 Release: 15.04 phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/public_html$ apt-cache policy webbrowser-app webbrowser-app: Installed: 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1 0 1001 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/stable-snapshot/ubuntu/ vivid/main armhf Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.23+15.04.20150416-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ vivid/main armhf Packages What I expected to happen: Visiting file:/ should show me a directory view of the root directory of the device What happened instead: The phone passed the string file:/ on to google... D'oh... :-( To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webbrowser-app/+bug/1516249/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp