Re: automatic search and .com

[Rafał Próchniak <burlap gmail com>]

Hi all,

Dnia 20-09-2006, śro o godzinie 11:59 +1000, Nigel Tao napisał(a):

> Look for things starting with browser.fixup, for example, set
> browser.fixup.alternate.enabled to false.
> 
It doesn't work for me: the only effect is that "www." and ".com" are no
longer appended to the address making it even worse. 

Some more general comments:

Is there a solution? What is the reason to change address bar behavior
comparing to 2.14?

I can see the following problems (I feel it must have been discussed,
but I can't find it in the list archive):

1. Users outside the USA might expect autocomplete to append their
domain (like .pl or .de) and not .com: I have tried several popular
Polish addresses (big portals, online bookstores, online banks) and NONE
was correctly resolved using .com. You might say that it's their fault:
should have bought .com too... And register trademarks worldwide... 

2. Some might (well, I'm only speculating here) expect the most
popular/obvious site to be contacted (just go to gnome.com). This
problem is probably most evident with a clean install: no bookmarks, no
history, no hints when you type in an address.  

3. When I put a space between words I get an error (that an url is not
valid). 

If searching the internet from address bar is not a desirable default (I
can understand that), appending .com neither is, especially when you
don't visit .com sites that often. 

I still think that advantages of epiphany outweigh this problem, I can
change my habits again (changed from firefox only recently), but .com is
just wrong idea in my opinion.

Best,
Rafał Próchniak