*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1563214 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1563214
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1563214
Can’t browse and view local HTML files in home folder
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1646978
Title:
Ubuntu Web Browser does not recognise file:///
Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
The URL file:///media/OS/Users/Tommy/Documents/index.html results in
"Network Error It appears you are having trouble viewing:
file:///media/OS/Users/Tommy/Documents/index.html. Please check your
network settings and try refreshing the page." in the Ubuntu Web
Browser, whereas both Firefox and Chromium show the file without any
problems.
Ubuntu 16.10, release 16.10
~$ apt-cache policy webbrowser-app
webbrowser-app:
Installed: 0.23+16.10.20161018-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 0.23+16.10.20161018-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 0.23+16.10.20161018-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main i386
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.23+16.10.20160928-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main i386 Packages
~$
I guess the browser can not show URLS starting with file:///. This
seems to be a bug
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