Address bar doesn't support new TLDs

Bug #1450154 reported by Michael Sheldon
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #1441281: Address bar doesn't support new TLDs. Edit Remove
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
webbrowser-app
In Progress
Medium
Riccardo Padovani
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Vivid
New
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

ICANN now allow for custom TLDs run by third parties (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains#ICANN-era_generic_top-level_domains), however typing domains using them into the webbrowser address bar results in the user being taken to a google search page instead of the domain.

Steps to reproduce

1) Type "mikesheldon.science" into the address bar and press return

Expected result

 Should be taken directly to that site (redirection to blog.mikeasoft.com)

Actual result

 Taken to google search results

If the user manually prepends the domain with "http://" the correct behaviour is seen.

Related branches

description: updated
Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app:
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Riccardo Padovani (rpadovani)
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