here is the purify output: [E] NPR: NULL pointer read in nsHttpUrlImpl::Equals(nsIURL const*)const {1 occurrence} Reading 4 bytes from 0x00000000 (4 bytes at 0x00000000 illegal) Address 0x00000000 points into invalid memory Thread ID: 0xa1 Error location nsHttpUrlImpl::Equals(nsIURL const*)const [nsHttpUrl.cpp:673] nsWebShell::DoLoadURL(nsString const&,char const*,nsIPostData *,nsURLReloadType,UINT) [nsWebShell.cpp:1281] nsWebShell::LoadURL(WORD const*,char const*,nsIPostData *,int,nsURLReloadType,UINT) [nsWebShell.cpp:1399] nsBrowserWindow::GoTo(WORD const*,char const*) [nsBrowserWindow.cpp:528] HandleLocationEvent [nsBrowserWindow.cpp:389] nsWindow::DispatchEvent(nsGUIEvent *,nsEventStatus&) [nsWindow.cpp:369] nsWindow::DispatchWindowEvent(nsGUIEvent *) [nsWindow.cpp:384] nsWindow::OnKey(UINT,UINT) [nsWindow.cpp:1279] nsWindow::ProcessMessage(UINT,UINT,long,long *) [nsWindow.cpp:1412] nsWindow::WindowProc(void *,UINT,UINT,long) [nsWindow.cpp:428]

Hopefully we'll clean this in N2 itself... :-)

N2 has landed. This should be fixed. I tested it with 4/5 build. It worked.

verified fixed

Changing all Networking Library/Browser bugs to Networking-Core component for Browser. Occasionally, Bugzilla will burp and cause Verified bugs to reopen when I do this in a bulk change. If this happens, I will fix. ;-)

Bulk move of all Networking-Core (to be deleted component) bugs to new Networking component.