Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox
The term 'offline' is just a euphemism for "net-not-accessible." As such, even when the net is not accessible, certain items *are* accessible. For instance, http://127.0.0.1 is *always* accessible. Further, if the user has special entries in their host file, or has a local copy of DNS for certain things, then these *could* be resolved. I propose that Firefox should be smarter about offline access. It could try for "one hop" to find resolve names. For instance, if I have this in my hosts file 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 somelocalproject 127.0.0.1 anotherlocalproject Then all three of http://localhost/ http://somelocalproject/ http://anotherlocalproject/ should be accessible. ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- firefox should be smarter about offline access https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367531 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
