Bug 23519 – Search for first component of host name contained in links does not work

• Component: New Bugs
• Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME

[Dimitris Apostolou]

Steps:
1. Launch Skype.

2. Sent to a contact via chat the following link:

https://wiki.skype.net/

3. Now send the word:

wiki

4. Now send the word:

skype

5. In chat window, do a search for string "wiki".
6. In chat window, do a search for string "skype".

What happened:
5. Only second "wiki" is found while the first one is ignored.
6. Both "skype" are found.

Expected result:
Word "wiki" contained in link should also be found.

Comments:
As you may know, Skype uses WebKit to render chats. I filed this bug to Skype and comment from the developer was: "Seems to be a feature/bug of WebKit. If you open the same stuff in Safari 3 (eg with /mac browser chat command), then first wiki is not found either. Probably non-fixable in Mac Skype UI".

[Alexey Proskuryakov]

I couldn't find any information about the "/mac browser chat command", so I can't reproduce this in Safari. Could you please attach an HTML file that shows this problem in Safari?

[Dimitris Apostolou]

Created attachment 27014 [details]
html after "/mac browser" command in Skype

[Dimitris Apostolou]

Created attachment 27015 [details]
Snapshot of search bug

[Alexey Proskuryakov]

Thank you!

I could reproduce this problem with shipping Safari/WebKit, but not with a current nightly build, which means that it was fixed in WebKit already. Skype should work as expected once the fix ships with a new Safari or Mac OS X release.

You can get a nightly build for testing at http://nightly.webkit.org (note however that it doesn't replace any system frameworks, so Skype and other applications will not be affected in any way).

[Dimitris Apostolou]

Thank you!

I already use latest nightly builds and update every day :)

But this was a bug in current public WebKit framework and I just wanted to confirm that.