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Weird Firefox browsing anomaly (i think, but im probably wrong)

muhali3
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Ok, can anyone explain why when I type in "s" or "a" just by themselves in the address bar, why firefox goes to random websites? If I type "s", for example, and click enter it goes to the mcdonalds website. If i type "a" it goes to apple's website...

 

so can somebody explain how this works?

it is the feature of I'm Feeling Lucky.

thats never happend to me, try clearing the history or cookies.

LOL. I just checked it on mine. It happens to me too. But it doesn't seem to be random...the letters I typed went the same websites yours did. Maybe its done on purpose.

it is a google query in the form of I'm feeling lucky....

it is a google query in the form of I'm feeling lucky....

 

Indeed -

 

Apple

Official site of Apple Computer' date=' Inc.

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Welcome to McDonald's

Corporate site for the Golden Arches serving such favorites as Egg McMuffin and

Big Mac sandwiches and french fries for lunch and dinner.

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Search - corporate mcdonald - mcdonald's

Country/Market Sites - Privacy Policy

More results from http://www.mcdonalds.com »

 

As "I'm Feeling Lucky" works by taking you to the first result found' date=' you will always be taken to those websites (unless the pagerankings change significantly on google).

 

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/search

 

Firefox makes searching the Web faster with a search box in the Navigation toolbar and integrated I'm Feeling LuckyTM Google search in the Location bar.

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Oh, this is too damn funny. Type in "failure" and see what site it goes to.

In Fedora (and I havn't seen it do this anyware else) firefox will auto go to websites (w/ feeling lucky) by pressing the middle scroller. It's very annyoing because your push down to open a page in a new tab! If I miss the link or something, boom! It sends me to some random location bassed on my last copy!

 

I've meant to change this but havn't got around to doing it.

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