Bug 31476 - webkit browsers don't add "www" when needed
Summary: webkit browsers don't add "www" when needed
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Page Loading (show other bugs)
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
URL: http://uniovi.es/
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Reported: 2009-11-13 09:28 PST by Pacho Ramos
Modified: 2009-11-13 11:38 PST (History)
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Description Pacho Ramos 2009-11-13 09:28:03 PST 
Simply try to visit "uniovi.es" with a webkit based browser like epiphany or midori, you will get:
Unable to load page

Problem occurred while loading the URL http://uniovi.es/

Cannot resolve hostname

On the other hand, firefox (and gecko based browsers) handle this situation much better adding "www" automatically and, then, showing http://www.uniovi.es/ without any issue.

Thanks a lot
Comment 1 Mark Rowe (bdash) 2009-11-13 11:11:13 PST 
This is functionality that browsers would provide, not WebKit itself.  Safari, for instance, behaves as you would expect.  You should file a bug report against browsers that don’t.
Comment 2 Pacho Ramos 2009-11-13 11:38:53 PST 
OK, thanks a lot for the information