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[Stuart Langridge <sil-launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

The Ubuntu browser will not allow me to load javascript: URLs at all,
either from the address bar or from a bookmark. AddressBar.qml disallows
javascript: URLs but is easily patched to allow them; however, with that
patch in place, or when loading a javascript: URL from a bookmark
(manually poked into bookmarks.sqlite), the browser shows a screen
saying:

Network Error
It appars you are having trouble viewing: javascript:location.href=%22http://www.yahoo.com/%22
Ubuntu suggests you check your network settings and try refreshing the page.

This makes it impossible to use bookmarklets in the Ubuntu browser,
which is quite annoying: for example, the Readability bookmarklet makes
it much easier to read pages on a phone-sized screen, and isn't
available to me as an Ubuntu Touch user. It also generally cuts off the
ability of people to deliver little enhancements to the browser before
they get rolled into the browser as a built-in feature.

** Affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263153

Title:
  Can't load bookmarklets at all

Status in “webbrowser-app” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The Ubuntu browser will not allow me to load javascript: URLs at all,
  either from the address bar or from a bookmark. AddressBar.qml
  disallows javascript: URLs but is easily patched to allow them;
  however, with that patch in place, or when loading a javascript: URL
  from a bookmark (manually poked into bookmarks.sqlite), the browser
  shows a screen saying:

  Network Error
  It appars you are having trouble viewing: javascript:location.href=%22http://www.yahoo.com/%22
  Ubuntu suggests you check your network settings and try refreshing the page.

  This makes it impossible to use bookmarklets in the Ubuntu browser,
  which is quite annoying: for example, the Readability bookmarklet
  makes it much easier to read pages on a phone-sized screen, and isn't
  available to me as an Ubuntu Touch user. It also generally cuts off
  the ability of people to deliver little enhancements to the browser
  before they get rolled into the browser as a built-in feature.

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