Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make i also confirm this it should open in the default browser.attach the screenshot with error.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/794932 Title: Empathy doesn't open URI with particular characters Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: Unknown Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: empathy Empathy 2.32.1 - Ubuntu 10.10 I have received a link (http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/files%2FphpMyAdmin%2F3.4.2%2FphpMyAdmin-3.4.2-all-languages.tar.gz/download#!md5!589b26fa2f1bdb21b4114f3be6aa3b65 ) in a chat, but when I click it, empathy doesn't open it but instead appear a popup that report: Unable to open URI - Operation not supported The link point to the latest version of phpmyadmin, and with a cut and paste in a browser, open the download dialog. I think the problem is related to this particular URI because other URI work right, opening in the default browser (Firefox). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/794932/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

