muhali3 Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakuenso Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 it is the feature of I'm Feeling Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eruheru Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 thats never happend to me, try clearing the history or cookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakuenso Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 it is a google query in the form of I'm feeling lucky.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeternus Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 it is a google query in the form of I'm feeling lucky.... Indeed - Apple Official site of Apple Computer' date=' Inc. http://www.apple.com/ - 13k - 8 Sep 2005 - Cached - Similar pages [/quote'] 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. http://www.mcdonalds.com/'>http://www.mcdonalds.com/ - 16k - Cached - Similar pages 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhali3 Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 Oh, this is too damn funny. Type in "failure" and see what site it goes to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1veedo Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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