Dictionary lookup on reverso site launches instead a blank page with the lookup terms at the top
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midori Web Browser |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Page of site in reference:
http://
where 'cabo' happens to be the word in the search box in this example, but the bug is not specific to this one word.
To test the bug, retype this word from the keyboard and <Enter>.
Result: a blank, white screen opens with "http://
Severity: this website is unusable in Midori, for anyone requiring this function, for foreign-language study. Typing a new word in the box is a very common method for quickly looking up definitions of one word after another.
about:version
Midori 0.4.6 (de.twotoasts.
GTK+ 2.24.10 (2.24.10) Glib 2.32.1 (2.32.3)
WebKitGTK+ 1.8.1 (1.8.0) libsoup 2.38.1
cairo 1.10.2 (1.10.2)
granite No
libnotify 0.7.5
single instance libunique 1.1.6
Platform X11; Linux i686
Identification Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1 Midori/0.4
Video Formats H264 [x] Ogg Theora [x] WebM [x]
| Changed in midori: | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Changed in midori: | |
| status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
I can confirm this behavior. It seems that it's based on user-agent sniffing. By changing (in the network tab of preferences) from "Midori" to "Automatic" user agent, the site started working normally.