Bug 10777 – Local file handling broken with .qtl files

• Status: UNCONFIRMED
• Component: WebKit Misc.

[Mark Edwards]

I'm not absolutely sure this is a WebKit bug, but I think it is.

Basically, the functionality for launching local files linked from a page with their proper handler seems to be broken.  Specifically, I am having a problem with .qtl files, which are supposed to be launched with QuickTime Player.  The latest Safari, and the latest nightly of WebKit, simply opens a Finder window and displays the .qtl file instead of opening the file with QuickTime Player, which is what it should do.  I'm sure the files in question are not at fault, because they launch QuickTime Player when clicked from Firefox, and I have tested with a CD-ROM which I know for a fact was working properly with earlier versions of Safari.

This only occurs with local files (i.e. files that are linked via file://).  http:// links work fine.

[Alexey Proskuryakov]

If confirmed as a regression, this would be P1.

I am also not sure if this is a WebKit issue; you may want to file a bug at <http://bugreport.apple.com>, too. Please mention this report if you do so, and also post the bugreporter bug number here.

[Mark Edwards]

(In reply to comment #1)
> If confirmed as a regression, this would be P1.
> 
> I am also not sure if this is a WebKit issue; you may want to file a bug at
> <http://bugreport.apple.com>, too. Please mention this report if you do so, and
> also post the bugreporter bug number here.
> 

I filed a bug with Apple at your suggestion:

https://bugreport.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/RadarWeb.woa/2/wo/faxul39O8w4YJbfklrf5Pg/7.27

I am uploading a .dmg that demonstrates the issue.  Launch the included qtl_test.htm page in Safari.  The links should both open in Quicktime Player, but they don't.  The links work properly in Mozilla-based browsers, for comparison.

Also, the proper functionality is described at:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/QT4WebPage/samplechap/special-11.html

[Mark Edwards]

Created attachment 11276 [details]
.dmg demonstrating the .qtl local file handling bug

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> I filed a bug with Apple at your suggestion:
> 
> https://bugreport.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/RadarWeb.woa/2/wo/faxul39O8w4YJbfklrf5Pg/7.27

Please report the bug number listed on bugreport.apple.com here.  The above link won't work after your session has ended.

[Mark Edwards]

> Please report the bug number listed on bugreport.apple.com here.  The above
> link won't work after your session has ended.

Sorry about that.  Its bug #4809075

[Robert Blaut]

Is the bug ever confirmed? Is it Webkit issue?