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Re: How to make Google search work (solved)

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On 31/10/2025 6:31 am, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2025-10-30, R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> wrote:
>> Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> Even worse, DuckDuckGo has stopped working.  Type something into the
>>> search bar and hit <enter>, and the status line says "Waiting for
>>> improving.duckduckgo.com", and hangs there forever.
>>>
>>> Firefox still works normally.  But I hate its user interface.
>>
>> I don't have a separate search bar, that takes too much "real estate" on
>> that line.
>> I type whatever I'm looking for into the address bar, wait a second and
>> it offers me "Search DuckDuckGo for xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", I position to
>> that, Enter and off it goes.  It does come back with "waiting for
>> improving duckduckgo.com" but only after having listed the results of my
>> search.
> 
> I too don't have a separate search bar.  Normally I've been bringing
> up DuckDuckGo from my bookmarks (it's the first one), then typing my
> search into the DuckDuckGo search bar.  Until a few days ago that
> worked just fine, but since then it's started wandering off into
> improving.duckduckgo.com and hanging.
> 
> I tried your suggestion and typed a search into Seamonkey's address
> bar.  Nothing else comes up unless it's part of a URL that I've already
> visited.  However, if I click the button with the magnifying glass and
> the word "Search", it builds and executes a DuckDuckGo search that comes
> back with what I'm after.
> 
>> After that, I'll type any new search into the duckduckgo line at the top
>> and hit Enter BUT NOT BY CLICKING ON THE MAGNIFYING GLASS.
> 
> Ditto.  I've always used the DuckDuckGo line at this point.
> 
>> Works for me.
> 
> Me too.  Thanks for the hint.
> 
I just type what I'm looking for in my SeaMonkey Browser Address Bar 
(having previously selected DDG as my Search tool of choice) and then 
hit "Entry" and DDG returns its results.

WFM!!
-- 
Daniel70

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How to make Google search work (solved) Paul Bergsagel <pbergsagel@shaw.ca> - 2025-10-13 23:08 -0500
  Re: How to make Google search work (solved) "Paul B. Gallagher" <mozilla@pbg-translations.com> - 2025-10-14 01:19 -0400
    Re: How to make Google search work (solved) NFN Smith <worldoff9908@gmail.com> - 2025-10-14 09:39 -0700
      Re: How to make Google search work (solved) "Paul B. Gallagher" <mozilla@pbg-translations.com> - 2025-10-14 14:43 -0400
        Re: How to make Google search work (solved) NFN Smith <worldoff9908@gmail.com> - 2025-10-14 11:48 -0700
    Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-10-14 20:26 +0100
    Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Paul Bergsagel <pbergsagel@shaw.ca> - 2025-10-14 21:49 -0500
    Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Paul Bergsagel <pbergsagel@shaw.ca> - 2025-10-14 21:51 -0500
    Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Dirk Fieldhouse <surname@gmx.net.removethisandtherest.example.invalid> - 2025-10-29 05:51 +0000
      Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-29 18:47 +0000
        Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2025-10-29 15:11 -0500
          Re: How to make Google search work (solved) kuato <invalide@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-06 22:15 -0700
            Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-11-07 22:56 +1100
              Re: How to make Google search work (solved) "Andi B." <andi.b@gmx.net> - 2025-11-07 17:21 +0100
              Re: How to make Google search work (solved) R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2025-11-07 17:54 +0100
                Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-08 11:54 +0000
        Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-10-29 15:23 -0500
        Re: How to make Google search work (solved) R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2025-10-30 12:28 +0100
          Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-30 19:31 +0000
            Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-31 20:18 +1100
        Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-03 10:48 +0000
          Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-11-03 22:51 +1100
            Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-11-03 16:54 +0000
              Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-03 18:28 +0000
              Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-11-04 19:29 +1100
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                Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-11-05 19:32 +1100
                Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2025-11-05 23:11 +0200
                Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-11-06 19:57 +1100
                Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Hank Rogers <invalid@nospam.com> - 2025-11-06 09:32 +0000
                Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2025-11-06 23:32 +0200
                Re: How to make Google search work (solved) R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2025-11-06 23:26 +0100
                Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Jordi Garcia Soler <jordialcoister@gmail.com> - 2025-11-07 10:41 +0100
                Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-11-06 18:12 -0600
                Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2025-11-07 17:52 +0200
      Re: How to make Google search work (solved) David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> - 2025-10-29 16:22 -0600
        Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-10-29 17:34 -0500
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            Re: How to make Google search work (solved) David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> - 2025-10-29 22:04 -0600
              Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2025-10-30 22:02 -0700
                Re: How to make Google search work (solved) "Paul B. Gallagher" <mozilla@pbg-translations.com> - 2025-10-31 08:31 -0400
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  Re: How to make Google search work (solved) Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-10-25 04:49 -0300
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