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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: 21 Jan 2014 02:20:58 GMT
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On 2014-01-21, Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> wrote:
> In article <bk626cF9nesU2@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2014-01-20, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> > In article <dfmanno-8AE4F6.16112120012014@news.albasani.net>, D.F.
>> > Manno <dfmanno@mail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> A question: I've gotten used to skipping the "www" and "com" when 
>> >> entering a Web address. Just typing "ebay" and hitting return takes me 
>> >> to their Web site.
>> >
>> > many people have gotten used to that because it's how browsers have
>> > worked for a couple of decades. now it wont do that. 
>> 
>> Wrong. Typing "ebay" and pressing Return will take you directly to the
>> site. I just did it several times and took a screen shot of it in
>> another post in this very thread.
>> 
>> (Since this is mr.know-it-all, never-can-admit-he's-wrong, nospam, you
>> can expect him to argue this until the bitter end as if he's right. But
>> anyone with a Mac running Mavericks with the latest version of Safari
>> can see for themselves that he's in fact just plain wrong.)
>
> Ah, arguing trolls who know how the world works because they saw it 
> happen on their computer.
>
> If you type in "ebay" into Safari, it will attempt to autocomplete from 
> history.  If that fails, it will ask Google.  If Google has a high 
> confidence or paid match, it converts the URL to a full path and loads 
> it.  If Google doesn't have that kind of a match, it shows search 
> results.

You just said what I just outlined in my other reply, only in different
words. You have a very strange definition of trolling.

> This is one of my least favorite security holes.  Entering
>
> host.domain.tld/path/path/
>
> into Safari sends the path to Google.  It's an unacceptable information 
> leak because it may reveal information about private corporate networks.  
> It's also a pain in the ass because I don't want search results.

Then maybe you should go into Safari Preferences > Privacy and uncheck
the "Prevent search engine from providing suggestions" box sometime
rather than bitching about something you control. 

Some people just love to bitch about bullshit. The rest of us just get
shit done and get on with our lives.

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JR