Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!MIX!Blackbird From: billy@MIX.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: How do I get the google window back in Safari? Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:41:49 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <200120140400403206%nospam@nospam.invalid> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1390585309 21933 166.84.1.5 (24 Jan 2014 17:41:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:41:49 +0000 (UTC) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:20666 nospam writes, quoting Barry Margolin : > > But lots of Mac users *aren't* smart enough! Remember the old slogan, > > the "computer for the rest of us"? My mother, for example, would always > > try to enter search terms in the address bar. > > > > Other browsers have done this for years, Apple finally caught on. It's > > not really a matter of "we're smarter than you", it's "why do you need > > two fields when it's easy to tell a URL from a search string?" Yea, but - I don't see Apple doing that, unless said URL(s) are in your history, or bookmarks. > just because other browsers get it wrong doesn't mean apple should as > well. it sucks in firefox too. the two fields are for different things. It's not difficult to provide an option for a separate search field. As opposed to irrevocably dumbing things down for everyone. Anyway, this pales compared to the dimming of everything in a URL following the hostname. What could whomever possibly have been thinking when he/she did that...?! I call this sort of stuff "Linux disease" - meaningless, gratuitous tweaks done just for the hell of it, while serious, show-stopping bugs are left untouched. Billy Y.. -- sub #'9+1 ,r0 ; convert ascii byte add #9.+1 ,r0 ; to an integer bcc 20$ ; not a number