fix(loading): fix timeouts with about:blank removal

As documented at teamcapybara/capybara#1215 there are sometimes issues with webdriver and about:blank pages. Switching instead to try a data url. This has been tried 5x on Travis without any flakes.
angular · May 20, 2014 · 27a5706 · 27a5706
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commit 27a5706
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/lib/protractor.js b/lib/protractor.js
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ Protractor.prototype.get = function(destination, opt_timeout) {
     return this.driver.get(destination);
   }
 
-  this.driver.get('about:blank');
+  this.driver.get('data:text/html,<html></html>');
   this.driver.executeScript(
       'window.name = "' + DEFER_LABEL + '" + window.name;' +
       'window.location.replace("' + destination + '");');
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ Protractor.prototype.get = function(destination, opt_timeout) {
   // we try to execute any asynchronous scripts.
   this.driver.wait(function() {
     return self.driver.executeScript('return window.location.href;').then(function(url) {
-      return url !== 'about:blank';
+      return url !== 'data:text/html,<html></html>';
     });
   }, timeout * 1000, 'Timed out waiting for page to load');