#6925 NORM Never A: cannot open html-based .xol collection

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#6925: cannot open html-based .xol collection
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 Reporter:  idiotprogrammer     |       Owner:  jg            
     Type:  defect              |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  distro              |     Version:  Build 653     
 Keywords:  collections, ebook  |    Verified:  0             
 Blocking:                      |   Blockedby:                
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 I have build 656.

 1. Download .xol collections such as wikihow
 (try http://wiki.laptop.org/images/f/f4/Wikislice-en-2.xol or
 http://wiki.laptop.org/images/4/49/Wikihow-1.xol)

 These two books are basically zipped html files, which are quite large 1-7
 mb.

 The way to view these collections is to go to the home page in Browse
 activity, click ebooks, and click on the particular collection.

 I can see the name of the collections which I have downloaded listed under
 the expandable tab on the right of the screen. The new hyperlink can be
 pressed. But when I press it, nothing shows up.

 If the collection contains PDFs, then it launches the pdf reader. It is
 slow, cumbersome, but it works.

 But the html-based .xol files never have loaded...When I've browsed to
 /home/olpc/.library_pages/

 I see only a single index html file. These ones open up a blank page in
 Browse. I see nothing.

 I should say that icdl .xol has an index file which opens up files fine.

 Expected behavior: when I click the link on the left, it should open to
 some index html  files. (like this:
 http://dev.laptop.org/~arael/preview/wikihow/wikihow.xol/index.html ).

 It does not. I don't see anything.

 I have noticed this for several ebooks. As a potential creator of
 collections, I would like to know what is going on here.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6925>
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