> When Firefox 3 (on linux) came out, a cool new feature that arrived > was the ability for a user to type in part of the domain in to the > address bar resulting in the browser either redirect to the correct > page (say socallinux.org) or it would redirect to google giving the > results of what was put into the address bar. This feature now just > redirects to a Cox page:
This happens to me with Time Warner, as well. Let me explain: First, this is not a new feature. Firefox has always had a special google magic function that searches google and, if the first result is relevant enough (this is the magic part), it automagically redirects. I've been able to do *that* for years. However, sometimes TW cable decides that no, google isn't OK. They redirect me in a very clumsy fashion to their unhelpful search page. This doesn't just happen with keywords, either: http://facebook.com will occasionally be redirected to a Time Warner search. In my experience, turning the option off does nothing. This, I fear, is pure evil on the part of the ISPs, not anything to do with Firefox's programming or, for that matter, conditional evil on their part towards FLOSS users only. Rest assured that everyone is affected by this blight.... -- MarkTraceur marktrac...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
