September 29, 2003
Strange getURL() behavior
Has anyone using Flash MX 2004 experienced strange behavior with the getURL() function? I use Mozilla Firebird for web browsing, and I've been getting some strange results.
If you can, please follow along:
* Create a blank Flash document
* Type this action on frame 1: getURL("akjlhsd");
* Test the movie
Tell me what happens. On my system, a new instance of Firebird will open with 2 tabs. The first tab will be untitled, and the second tab opens up to some website that I've never seen until today.
It's rather funny, I think. I've also had it randomly open to this article in the Microsoft knowledge base. It looks like the second tab that opens is automatically submitting a google search and opening up the first link in the search results page.
Additionally, doing a getURL("some.zip") and testing it locally produces the same strange result.
Now, the question is, what is the root of this problem? Is this specific to only my system, is this a bug in Flash somehow with Firebird as the default web browser, or is this a bug in Firebird with how new documents are opened? If you have any ideas, I'd be interested in hearing them.
Comments
maybe you already found out the answer. essentially firebird returns the top result from a google search using what's in the location bar if it doesn't point to a valid URL. type akjlhsd into google now and it returns your blog entry...
Posted by: at July 13, 2004 11:43 AM