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** Changed in: libgnome
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  gnome-open doesn't support data: urls

Status in libgnome:
  Confirmed
Status in libgnome package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  gnome doesn't performs neither the associated default action for the
  filetype of a resource contained in a data: url, nor starts firefox as
  it does for http: urls.

  The following example is displayed as a white square in a black frame
  when pasted into the location bar of firefox:

  data:image/gif;base64,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

  but when used on the commandline of gnome-open, it says:

  "Error showing url: The default action does not support this
  protocol."

  This prevents neato things like data: urls given to xchat users (once
  xchat is fixed to recognise data urls) opening in the browser when
  clicked.

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