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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: How do I get the google window back in Safari?
Date: 20 Jan 2014 19:40:00 GMT
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On 2014-01-20, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <bk588gF4k42U1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Strange outlook you have there. The first time I encountered the
>> combined search/location field, I though to myself: Neat. Now I don't
>> have to make a selection depending on what I want to do. This will save
>> me time. And it has indeed saved me time. So I'm happy with it.
>
> In particular, when you open a new browser window, the cursor starts out 
> in the location field. So you don't have to tab/click over to the search 
> field if that's what you want to do.

Exactly. One less action on my part equates to a time savings for me.
That's a Good Thing™ - an improvement.

>> I have yet to encounter a situation where the combined search/location
>> field has caused me one bit of trouble. I guess I just have better
>> things to do than complain about minuscule / minor changes. It just
>> works, and that's all I need to get what I want done.
>
> Same here. If I start typing a web site name, domain completion usually 
> finds it. Searches almost always have a space in them, and as soon as I 
> type the space it figures out what I'm doing and shows search term 
> completions.
>
> I'm referring to Chrome, I assume Safari behaves similarly.

The latest version does.

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