[Bug 256215] [NEW] when i tried to visit www.streamingfaith.com:8000 (without typing http://) firefox incorrectly assumed that www.streamingfaith.com was the protocol and 8000 was the address

[JasonSpradlin82]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0


When i tried to visit "www.streamingfaith.com:8000\admin" to do some work, Firefox assumed that (www.streamingfaith.com) was my intended protocol because of the absence of "http://" and presence of a colon that is SUPPOSED to signify that the port is coming next.  I see WHY the problem happened (and that it is very simply fixed by adding http://) but I think firefox should be able to tell the difference, since other browsers do.

www.streamingfaith.com:8000\admin

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug  8 17:35:24 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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when i tried to visit www.streamingfaith.com:8000 (without typing http://) firefox incorrectly assumed that www.streamingfaith.com was the protocol and 8000 was the address
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