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[AlainKnaff <1516249@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> If you wanted to browse the local filesystem, the correct URL would be
"file:///", not "file:/".

In any other browser I know, both work. If necessary, the browser adds
the 2 missing slashes.

> Anyway, ubuntu touch’s security model prevents the browser from
browsing the file system by design.

Huh? Could you explain how this improves security? As far as I can see,
it encourages users to set up a local web server, potentially
broadcasting confidential files to the local area, rather than keeping
them on the phone.

Btw, other phone browsers, such as Android, do allow this.

If this is not a big effort to implement, please do, or at least until
bug #1516220 is fixed.


** Changed in: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Confirmed

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Title:
  file:/ URLs not supported

Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

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... :-(

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