You may need to use http://127.0.0.1:8080. It turns out that Epiphany connects to IPV6 address ::1 instead of 127.0.0.1 for localhost.
I came with peace from bug #493051 -- epiphany-webkit can't load http://localhost:8080 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/486335 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to epiphany-browser in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
