On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 21:56:35 +1100 Andrew Bennetts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you use Mozilla, you might have discovered the "feature" in Mozilla which > e.g. decides that when you say you want to go to a URL like > "localhost:1234", that you really mean "http://www.localhost.net.au/";. > > You can turn this behaviour off by going to the URL "about:config", finding > the "keyword.enabled" setting, and setting it to "false". (Some Mozilla > derivatives might have a proper UI setting for "Enable Internet Keywords" or > something like that, but this should work equally well for Mozilla, > Firebird, and other variants.) > > I'm posting this here because an off-hand mention of it on #slug made > several people very happy :) > An enormous thank you. I have a machine called smeagol, and if I cannot acccess it for some reason, I get an LOTR fan site. Could be worse I guess! Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
