It sounds as if you safari cache has been cleared. A web browser looks thru the cache to get a web address based on entering text into the address bar. I use the bookmark bar to create buttons for websites that I go to regularly. Click button and go. If you are using a maintenance utility it could have done such a deed.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Rising Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:48 PM To: Macintosh MacUser Group Subject: [MacGroup] dns annoyances Hey Folks, Up until yesterday, when I went into Safari and typed 'stata/meeting' into the address bar, Safari would nicely expand this to http://www.stata.com/meeting after seeing that stata/meeting didn't go anywhere. Today, when I type stata/meeting in, I get an annoying search page from my ISP, which looks to be a 'service' which does nothing for me. (This isn't an ISP local to Louisville, so the usual suspects don't apply.) Same thing when typing 'shoecarnival', even though this should resolve to www.shoecarnival.com. I tried typing in the dns numbers for OpenDNS, and found that now something like 'shoecarnival' blinks the start of the OpenDNS page, but then goes to www.shoecarnival.com, but stata/meeting now goes to a 'helpful' search page at OpenDNS. How do I get the usual behavior of Safari back, so that I don't forever get dragged to worthless services whose point is to advertise? Is this an unavoidable 'upgrade' from my provider, which will likely be seen as a 'service enhancement' warranting a price increase for 'value added'? Bill pissed, but possibly being stupid _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
