Bug#637946: strip angle brackets from pasted <URL>s

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 08:06:02AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 5.0-6
> 
> Many people post links in email as <URL> rather than as just plain
> URL.  It was (and still is) recommended practice to indicate URIs like
> this....personally, i think it's not a good practice (I don't know of
> even one browser that accepts URIs typed or pasted in this form) but
> you can't break random people on the internet of habits acquired over a
> decade or more.
> 
> Unfortunately, if you double- or triple- click the URL to select it
> and then middle-click to paste it in to the browser, it won't take you
> to the page. current iceweasel takes you to a google search result.
> previous versions used to display an error page saying it wasn't a valid
> URL (it is).
> 
> the problem would be solved if any leading or trailing angle brackets
> were stripped.  It also adheres to the principle of robustness - be
> conservative in what you send, liberal in what you accept.

The problem would be solved if any leading or trailing angle brackets
weren't selected when you double or triple click the URL, don't you
think?

Mike