[Bug 4037] UI feedback for URIs missing the http.

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=4037

           Summary: UI feedback for URIs missing the http.
           Product: Unicorn
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Macintosh
               URL: http://qa-
                    dev.w3.org/unicorn/observe?ucn_task=conformance&ucn_uri=
                    www.w3.org
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: UI
        AssignedTo: dave.null@w3.org
        ReportedBy: karl@w3.org
         QAContact: www-validator-cvs@w3.org


When a user enters an URI without the "http://", Unicorn replies with Critical
Error and a stack trace dump.

I suggest two possible solutions by order of preferences.

1. Fallback mechanism to add automatically the missing protocol information.
   Maybe, plus a gentle message like
   "Please, next time provide http://"

2. A gentle message:
   "You have not given a complete URI, we need you to add http://"
   Though it is not very helpful from a usability point of view.

Received on Wednesday, 6 December 2006 00:40:28 UTC