On 2019-10-29, David E. Ross wrote:

> On 10/28/2019 8:42 PM, DoctorBill wrote:
>> As you may know, Google has messed with their Search Engine and now
>> the cursor has changed position, etc.
>> 
>> If I change the User Agent in "Prefbar" to  -  IE 9.0 win 7  -  the Google
>> cursor goes back to what it used to be.
>> 
>> Is there some way to make this User Agent PERMANENT in SeaMonkey ?
>> i.e. - to make it always use IE 9.0 win 7 as the User Agent ?
>> 
>> DoctorBill
>> 
>
> If IE 9.0 is already an option under Prefbar's User Agent, just remember
> to select it when you want to use Google's search; and then remember to
> restore the default UA string when you leave Google.
>
> Personally, I would not bother.  I usually use DuckDuckGo for searches.
> If I need to use Google, I ignore the strange positioning of my cursor
> and input.  Too many other poorly designed Web sites have strangeness
> for Google's strangeness to bother me.

Why not make that User-Agent permanent for google?:

Select the desired User-Agent using Prefbar, confirm that it makes
Google search work as desired, then

Open about:config and search for general.useragent.override. It should
show up with a value that is the IE9 User-Agent string.

Copy its value (right click on that line -> Copy Value), then create a
new string preference (right click anywhere in the about:config
preference list -> New -> String), name it
general.useragent.override.google.com and, when asked for the value,
paste the value you copied from the other preference.

This will set an override for google.com. You may need to add overrides
for other Google domains if Google redirects you to a different
"regional" Google site.

(If you later wish to undo this modification, search for
general.useragent.override.google.com, right click on it and choose
Reset. It will then show up with an empty value and it will be gone
the next time you start Seamonkey.)

-- 
Nuno Silva
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