The issue seems to be twofold:
- the link to the PDF explicitly specifies target="_blank", this is a
bad practice regardless, which assumes that the PDF file will be
rendered in the tab itself (which should eventually be the case, see bug
#1331059)
- state saving in the browser currently remembers the last visible URL
rather than the last committed URL, this will be fixed with bug #1353143
** Changed in: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Also affects: webbrowser-app
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: webbrowser-app
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: webbrowser-app
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1390529
Title:
Browser remembers previous download and tries to visit on next start
Status in Web Browser App:
Confirmed
Status in “webbrowser-app” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
I previously opened a pdf the last time I used the web browser, now
some days later, opening the browser for the first time today it
spawned content hub to read the pdf which I'd previously downloaded.
Steps to reproduce.
1) Install pdfjs from the store to enable you to open pdf files on
device
2) On the device visit this page in the browser http://www.powerpc-
notebook.org/2014/10/presentation-slides-used-at-linux-day-2014/
(short url http://bit.ly/1u6DRQu )
3) Click the link "download LinuxDay 2014 Milan presentation slides"
which is http://www.powerpc-notebook.org/wp-
content/uploads/2014/10/LinuxDay2014_Mi_presentation_pub_en.pdf (short
url http://bit.ly/1GxC4ZX )
4) At this point you get a content hub popup, choose pdfjs and happily
view the pdf
5) Time passes, reboot phone
6) Open browser, look away for a few seconds, get a content hub
dialog, be surprised that you don't get the browser.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu RTM 14.09
Package: webbrowser-app 0.23+14.10.20141028~rtm-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.4.67 armv7l
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: armhf
Date: Fri Nov 7 16:09:27 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-07 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn (development branch) - armhf
(20141107-030205)
SourcePackage: webbrowser-app
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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