The answer to bug 1563214: I found that is possible to browse and open local files, simply in the search bar put the file/directory path, for example: "/home/phablet/my- html-file.html" does not work for me. The incomplete URL is immediately changed to file:///... and gives the result described in the bug description.
I think that the problem is that "local" URLs can not be shown. http://localhost/... works fine. I have removed the link "Is duplicate of bug 1563214." ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1563214 Can’t browse and view local HTML files in home folder -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to webbrowser-app in Ubuntu. 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webbrowser-app/+bug/1646978/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
