Technology Weird goings on with Firefox.

[Pittsey]

Try typing random letters in and seeing where it takes you.

I typed V and got taken to a website about domestic Violence.

J took me to JLo's site.

M took me to McD's.


Does anyone know why? Is it a deal with firefox or a bug?

 

[Ay-G]

you probably got a "hot keys" thing set up

 

[Pittsey]

you probably got a "hot keys" thing set up

Yeah but why is it set up to these sites. I've never been to them. And I haven't made any changes to any settings. Try it and see what you get.

They are all big companies.


S = McD's
T = T mobile


We have a firefox conspiracy. They are worse than Gates.

 

[Cooper]

Try typing random letters in and seeing where it takes you.

I typed V and got taken to a website about domestic Violence.

J took me to JLo's site.

M took me to McD's.


Does anyone know why? Is it a deal with firefox or a bug?

It just does a 'Im feeling Lucky' Search with google....ie it takes you to the top google reult for that letter

 

[Ay-G]

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38
ask these ppl...they'll know what to do.

 

[linx]

When I hit a letter on the keyboard, it just looks for that letter on the page i'm on.

 

[Ay-G]

this should help:


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All stations to Zig Zag via the North Shore Line Posted: May Tue 17th 2005 11:01am
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Probably the automatic "I feel lucky".
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Terra in the Milky Way Posted: May Tue 17th 2005 11:07am
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The address bar uses Google's I'm Feeling Lucky search.
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[H.E. Pennypacker]

It just does a 'Im feeling Lucky' Search with google....ie it takes you to the top google reult for that letter

Like he said. It takes the letter you put in, has it go through Google, and takes you to the first page on Google. There's no conpiracy and Firefox has no control over which websites are shown and neither does Google.

 

[Illuminattile]

Try typing random letters in and seeing where it takes you.

I typed V and got taken to a website about domestic Violence.

J took me to JLo's site.

M took me to McD's.


Does anyone know why? Is it a deal with firefox or a bug?

Like others have said, when you type something in the address bar it performs Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" search, taking you to the first page in its rankings.

I'd suggest you change it:

Type about:config in the address bar.
Type browser.search.defaulturl into the Filter field.
Right click the URL under Value and click Modify
Paste one of the following URLs into the box

(Right click on the link, copy link location, then paste into the box)

Google.com search

Amazon.com search

Wikipedia search

Now when you type something in the address bar, it will search Google/Amazon/Wikipedia for what you typed. Saves you having to go to the site and then search. Only problem is, you can't use fullstops or colons.

Finally, this should be in Tech Talk.

 

[Cooper]

^everyone with firfox should be using quicksearches reallllllyyyy

 

[Pittsey]

Like others have said, when you type something in the address bar it performs Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" search, taking you to the first page in its rankings.

I'd suggest you change it:

Type about:config in the address bar.
Type browser.search.defaulturl into the Filter field.
Right click the URL under Value and click Modify
Paste one of the following URLs into the box

(Right click on the link, copy link location, then paste into the box)

Google.com search

Amazon.com search

Wikipedia search

Now when you type something in the address bar, it will search Google/Amazon/Wikipedia for what you typed. Saves you having to go to the site and then search. Only problem is, you can't use fullstops or colons.

Finally, this should be in Tech Talk.

I didn't realise it was a legitimate thing. I thought it was just random.

But I moved it.

 

[Illuminattile]

^everyone with firfox should be using quicksearches reallllllyyyy

I posted up some Bookmark search strings way back, before the board got hacked. Nobody understood what I was talking about

It's a really useful feature.