Comments on: Turn off domain guessing and keyword search in Firefox http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/ Tim McCormack, distilled Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:51:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tim McCormack http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-34320 Tim McCormack Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:48:27 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2006/09/01/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/#comment-34320 @loopduplicate: Comcast's DNS is not returning NXDOMAIN but instead returning the IP of a search server and showing you a branded, ad-full search page. It's extremely shitty of them to do so. (For one, it screws with at least one anti-spam measure. It's also really irritating for developers.) You can change your router and/or computer DNS to 4.2.2.2 and 8.8.8.8 if you'd like, assuming Comcast doesn't outright *intercept* those. As for Thunderbird, that's beyond the scope of this discussion, but there is an option in the menus. @loopduplicate: Comcast's DNS is not returning NXDOMAIN but instead returning the IP of a search server and showing you a branded, ad-full search page. It's extremely shitty of them to do so. (For one, it screws with at least one anti-spam measure. It's also really irritating for developers.) You can change your router and/or computer DNS to 4.2.2.2 and 8.8.8.8 if you'd like, assuming Comcast doesn't outright *intercept* those.

As for Thunderbird, that's beyond the scope of this discussion, but there is an option in the menus.

]]> By: loopduplicate http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-34310 loopduplicate Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:49:01 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2006/09/01/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/#comment-34310 When I type in the whole address including "www" it still searches. For example: http://www.swearingisfun.net is a website I used to go to years ago and I typed that into the address bar. I started using the internet in 1995 and you had to type the whole address back then and I still do because I'm a nerd and I think it's fun. Well, when I did that, I found out the website is no longer there and my internet provider, Comcast, somehow searched for me and gave me the results from Yahoo. Do you think that this is something that I can stop on my end or do I have to call my ISP? Or maybe just stop typing in the whole URL? I love typing in http://www though. It's like playing a song. Also, does anyone know how to always show the headers in Thunderbird? I don't like it cleaned up, I like looking at the code. I don't want to have to type ctrl+U every time. When I type in the whole address including "www" it still searches. For example:

http://www.swearingisfun.net is a website I used to go to years ago and I typed that into the address bar. I started using the internet in 1995 and you had to type the whole address back then and I still do because I'm a nerd and I think it's fun. Well, when I did that, I found out the website is no longer there and my internet provider, Comcast, somehow searched for me and gave me the results from Yahoo. Do you think that this is something that I can stop on my end or do I have to call my ISP? Or maybe just stop typing in the whole URL? I love typing in http://www though. It's like playing a song.

Also, does anyone know how to always show the headers in Thunderbird? I don't like it cleaned up, I like looking at the code. I don't want to have to type ctrl+U every time.

]]> By: Tim McCormack http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-33054 Tim McCormack Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:21:33 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2006/09/01/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/#comment-33054 Suzy: It's not "about dot config", it's "about colon config". Suzy: It's not "about dot config", it's "about colon config".

]]> By: Suzy http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-33003 Suzy Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:41:03 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2006/09/01/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/#comment-33003 If you have domain guessing, you obviously cannot go to "about.config" because the computer will automatically try to take you to www.about.config, which doesn't work. Telling someone who wants to disable domain guessing to go to about.config is like telling a thirsty person in the desert to "first, go get some water." If anyone can figure this one out, please post the answer. Thanks. If you have domain guessing, you obviously cannot go to "about.config" because the computer will automatically try to take you to http://www.about.config, which doesn't work. Telling someone who wants to disable domain guessing to go to about.config is like telling a thirsty person in the desert to "first, go get some water." If anyone can figure this one out, please post the answer. Thanks.

]]> By: Nezelodo http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-31684 Nezelodo Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:35:18 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2006/09/01/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/#comment-31684 Very good hint, thanks a lot :) Very good hint, thanks a lot :)

]]> By: Required http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-31416 Required Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:15:38 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2006/09/01/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/#comment-31416 Thanks for this info (came up through a scroogle search). Works fine on 3.5.5 here. Slightly disconcerting security risk as a malformed URL I was working with here effectively sent info to a completely wrong (browser guessed) domain. Thanks for this info (came up through a scroogle search).

Works fine on 3.5.5 here. Slightly disconcerting security risk as a malformed URL I was working with here effectively sent info to a completely wrong (browser guessed) domain.

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