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6. April 2010, 17:25:33

yakichan

Posts: 108

Bookmark+nickname problem

1. I have a bookmark with a nickname in Opera (I have it from old versions of opera)
2. I change de URL of the bookmark from the bookmark properties
3. I start to type the nickname in the address bar and select the right bookmark from the suggestions.
4. It goes to the old URL that I had changed... (!)

I have reported the bug...

Op10.51

7. April 2010, 08:12:07

yakichan

Posts: 108

If I restart Opera, the bookmark work well...

20. August 2010, 07:01:31 (edited)

mimi_s_mum

Queen of DIY & rugby loving sicfi buff translator

Posts: 2915

Has this issue been properly reported?

Another user at Japanese language forum has recently reported of the same issue (still present in 10.61) and asking if bug report needs to be filed.

[Update]
According to an Opera Japan staff the devs did get the report, have already identified the issue and fixed it in an internal build. Good news smile
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20. August 2010, 13:45:06

yakichan

Posts: 108

Bug reported: DSK-293013
Apr 6

20. August 2010, 20:15:08

mimi_s_mum

Queen of DIY & rugby loving sicfi buff translator

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Thanks.

Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

have already identified the issue and fixed it in an internal build.

smile
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20. August 2010, 21:34:23

In my opinion, it can't be a bug, because if it's going to old URL then the old URL must be written/hidden somewhere in bookmarks.adr
Just open your bookmarks.adr in a text editor and find the old URL.
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21. August 2010, 00:47:18

mimi_s_mum

Queen of DIY & rugby loving sicfi buff translator

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Originally posted by hundredorzero:

In my opinion, it can't be a bug,


Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

According to an Opera Japan staff the devs did get the report, have already identified the issue and fixed it in an internal build.

Seems Opera staff has different opinion. wink
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21. August 2010, 07:41:52

Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

Seems Opera staff has different opinion. wink


So where the hell does Opera get the old URL from? There must be some file which must have old URL stored in it? sherlock
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21. August 2010, 08:59:34

mimi_s_mum

Queen of DIY & rugby loving sicfi buff translator

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lol I do love a good speculation, Mr Holmes. bigsmile

OK, so I do agree with this observation of yours.

Originally posted by hundredorzero:

the old URL must be written/hidden somewhere in bookmarks.adr



But in my book this is called a bug, because this cannot be by design. Why?
Let's have a look at yakichan's original post:

Originally posted by yakichan:

3. I start to type the nickname in the address bar and select the right bookmark from the suggestions.


Now, the interesting thing is, instead of his step 3, if you press Shift+F2 to bring up "Go to page" dialogue and type the nick instead of doing it in the address field, the new address opens. So the intended design of "binding" between nick name and corresponding address must be "immediate change".

sherlock My guess is this is a bug (unintended, illogical and unintuitive behaviour) caused by a glitch in the address bar search function. Elementary? wink
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21. August 2010, 09:40:02

Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

lol I do love a good speculation, Mr Holmes. bigsmile

OK, so I do agree with this observation of yours.

Originally posted by hundredorzero:

the old URL must be written/hidden somewhere in bookmarks.adr



But in my book this is called a bug, because this cannot be by design. Why?
Let's have a look at yakichan's original post:

Originally posted by yakichan:

3. I start to type the nickname in the address bar and select the right bookmark from the suggestions.


Now, the interesting thing is, instead of his step 3, if you press Shift+F2 to bring up "Go to page" dialogue and type the nick instead of doing it in the address field, the new address opens. So the intended design of "binding" between nick name and corresponding address must be "immediate change".

sherlock My guess is this is a bug (unintended, illogical and unintuitive behaviour) caused by a glitch in the address bar search function. Elementary? wink



What i mean to say is that regardless of it being a bug or user's-fault, The old URL is definitively saved in a certain file. Only after seeing that one can tell whether it's a bug or not.
And of-course if opera devs have recognized it, who am i to challenge them?
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25. August 2010, 22:16:56

mimi_s_mum

Queen of DIY & rugby loving sicfi buff translator

Posts: 2915

Reported fixed in the latest test build. smile (Strangely the bug number is different.)

DSK-304642 (Nicknamed bookmark URL not updated until restart when changed and using the nickname in the Address Bar)

http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/b9034

Desktop OS: Windows 8 x64 + 7 x64 sp1 x2 + XP sp3; Mobile OS: Android 4.0.4

Want to send me a message? Send it to mimismum(at)myopera.com (not mimi_s_mum etc)

Looking for Opera 12.16 or earlier? Try
http://www.opera.com/download/guide/?custom=yes ,
http://get.geo.opera.com/pub/opera/win or
ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/win

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