[Bug 238544] [NEW] Cannot drag and drop web link from Firefox address bar to folder

[lal2017]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I am trying to perform the simple function of dragging a web link from
the Firefox address bar, to a folder on my either Fat32, NTFS or Samba
file/folder system or network share (using Nautilus 2.22.2 on Ubuntu
Hardy Heron). I would expect this action should merely create a shortcut
link to that web site address. No error is returned. Nothing happens.

It does seem to work when performing this action to a Linux ext3 file-system such as to my home directory. I experimented then taking this shortcut link from my home directory (ext3 filesystem), drag 'n' drop it to either Fat32, NTFS or Samba shares and it comes with the error: 
--> Error while copying "Advanced Theme Construction Kit (ATCK) | drupal.org.desktop". 
-->There was an error copying the file into /media/mydata/Software/Drupal/Themes/CreateTheme.
--> Invalid Filename

The problem faced is we need to share web links across a research team
who would store the shortcuts in a network folder location or
temporarily keep the shortcuts on their Fat32 partition on their Laptops
when out of office. Ideally the short-cut links created would be
compatible with IE for researchers.

As a team of social researchers, we would like to encourage use of Linux
compatible open source tools such as Firefox over and above IE. However
given most researchers use IE at present we cannot encourage the change
over enough unless there is some cross compatibility with IE and Firefox
for common elements such as Short-cuts and bookmarks across a
compatible/shareable file/folder system.

Many thanks,
Raj

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jun  9 13:00:25 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-18-server i686

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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Cannot drag and drop web link from Firefox address bar to folder
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