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Re: Safari url autocomplete

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On 2018-05-31, J Burns <burns@nospam.com> wrote:
> As far back as I remember, Safari's autocomplete has sometimes hijacked 
> me. I'd start typing a site I frequent, and it would take me somewhere 
> I'd never been.
>
> I often go to accuweather to check local weather. Today Safari took me 
> instead to the accuweather mobile site, which I never use, for the 
> weather at a location hundreds of miles from here.
>
> I typed it again, making sure I had it right. Again, Safari took me to 
> the mobile site for the distant location. I used Google to get to 
> accuweather. When I clicked the link, Safari again hijacked me to the 
> place I didn't want to go.
>
> Under the Develop Menu, I clicked Clear Caches. It didn't help. I quit 
> all apps and used Onyx to clear internet files. That worked, but it 
> seems like overkill.
>
> When Safari hijacks me, what's the best remedy?

Slow down and observe what is actually happening. When you type a URL in
to the location bar at the top of a browser window, the browser will
often autocomplete the URL with the site you visit most frequently that
roughly matches the portion of the URL you typed. It will also show a
list just below that of places you have previously visited that roughly
match the URL you typed. If you are observant, you will notice that one
of the items in that list (the top one) is highlighted.  If you press
Return on the keyboard while one of those items is highlighted, you are
telling the browser to go there. I suspect that's what is happening in
your case. If not, record a video of it and post it here so we can see
an actual example of the behavior you are seeing.

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JR

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Safari url autocomplete J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-05-31 17:09 -0400
  Re: Safari url autocomplete J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-05-31 17:13 -0400
    Re: Safari url autocomplete nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-31 17:19 -0400
  Re: Safari url autocomplete Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-06-01 09:25 +1200
    Re: Safari url autocomplete "Snit's dysautonomia http://bit.ly/2Jqpplk" <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-06-03 02:21 -0700
  Re: Safari url autocomplete JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-05-31 18:22 -0400
    Re: Safari url autocomplete J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-05-31 19:29 -0400
      Re: Safari url autocomplete Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2018-06-01 10:29 +0000
        Re: Safari url autocomplete J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-06-01 17:16 -0400
  Re: Safari url autocomplete Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-06-01 15:58 +0000
    Re: Safari url autocomplete dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2018-06-03 08:32 +0100
      Re: Safari url autocomplete J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-06-03 09:57 -0400
        Re: Safari url autocomplete "Snit's dysautonomia http://bit.ly/2Jqpplk" <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-06-03 07:17 -0700
          Re: Safari url autocomplete "Snit's dysautonomia http://bit.ly/2Jqpplk" <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-06-03 08:51 -0700
        Re: Safari url autocomplete "Snit's dysautonomia http://bit.ly/2Jqpplk" <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-06-03 10:10 -0700

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