[Bug 161938] Firefox garbles some syndication feed URLs

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

On Web sites that have a syndication feed available, Firefox displays a
button on the right side of the location bar. When clicked, it is
supposed to load the feed , and provide an option to subscribe to it.

On some sites, Firefox garbles the URL for the feed, resulting in an
error. For example,

1. Go to http://www.explosm.net/
2. Click on the 'Subscribe to this page' button in the location bar
3. Firefox tries to take you to an invalid address: feed://http//feeds.feedburner.com/Explosm

A look at the site's code shows that it is pointing to the right place:

  <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Explosm
Feedburner RSS Feed" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Explosm" />

So it appears that Firefox is mangling the URL to the feed.

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Firefox garbles some syndication feed URLs
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