[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 171906] New: [GTK] Better handle Amazon's country-specific pages?

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171906

            Bug ID: 171906
           Summary: [GTK] Better handle Amazon's country-specific pages?
           Product: WebKit
           Version: WebKit Nightly Build
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: Gtk
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: WebKit Gtk
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: jbicha at ubuntu.com
                CC: bugs-noreply at webkitgtk.org

I think this is really Amazon's fault but I'm filing a bug in case it's something that you're interested in working around.

I am told that if you visit Amazon.com in the United Kingdom, Amazon.com displays a banner suggesting you visit Amazon.co.uk instead. (Many non-Amazon sites automatically redirect you to their country-specific site unless you explicitly opt out.)

This is a bit of a problem if someone wanted to distribute a webapp, say using Epiphany's webapp mode, where it would be bad to routinely show the user the wrong page. And it's also bad for other reasons to have several different webapps for each supported country and let the user pick the "right" one.

Ubuntu worked around this with their Unity implementation (which did not use webkitgtk at all) with a bit of JavaScript in front of their browser that would attempt to load the correct country web page.

You can get a list of the country versions by visiting an Amazon webpage and clicking the country link(s) at the bottom.

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