Description of problem: I was trying to use Epiphany with an http proxy by setting the proxy entry under: gnome/preferences/network proxy. I have two problems with this: (1) There was no place to add exceptions to the proxy (e.g. redhat.com). Every web browser I have ever used has given me the ability to add exceptions. Admittedly a user could tweak the setting in about:config, but I think that is asking too much of a regular desktop user, particularly when other browsers have a simple box to enter proxy exceptions. (2) The mainline web browsers all have options to set proxy settings *in the browswer itself* and not in some other place (e.g. gnome-network-proxy). It's not intuitive. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): epiphany-1.4.0-0.3.6 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. open preferences/network proxy 2. 3. Additional info:
The normal way to do this is with a .PAC file. I guess the gnome settings don't support that, kind of hobbling the ability to use a proxy effectively.
GNOME settings support PAC files. ("Autoconfiguration URL" field)
UPSTREAM http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44098