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Comment on Firefox Inline Autocomplete by Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:07:41 +0000

Is there any way to turn this OFF for specific urls like google? I like the inline autocomplete for forms, which works really well.

But with google searches, very often I will search for four or five keywords in the search box, and then tweak my search after the first result by changing just one keyword. However, inline autocomplete knows better, and it always replaces what I just typed with a line from my history.

I don;t want to do without it entirely, just exclude it from google.

Comment on How to force Safari 4 to open new windows in Tabs by ipguy

ipguy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:29:08 +0000

doesn’t work for me running the latest leopard with safari 4

Comment on How to force Safari 4 to open new windows in Tabs by Einar

Einar — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:54:25 +0000

Great post! Thank you so much. I switch between Safari, Opera and Firefox on my Mac and this was a constant aggravation for me. This is the first fix I’ve seen anywhere that works. Please tweet and I’ll RT.

@einar

Comment on Tips: Change the default width of “column view” in Finder (Mac OS X) by Courtney Stubbert

Courtney Stubbert — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:44:44 +0000

That is money and now my life, like yours, has been changed.

Comment on Weird IM Spam using Coho and Trout and Salmon by josh

josh — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:07:36 +0000

thanks for this post. i’m tired of these things and it’s really confusing as to why i ended up on the aforementioned list.

Comment on 3 Resources for Web Designers by Skout™

Skout™ — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:56:23 +0000

thanks for ’spreading tha luv’ - you rock!

Comment on My Geekbox by Justin Kistner

Justin Kistner — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:56:25 +0000

Damn, Jason. I’ve got 5 windows open checking out various tools you’ve mentioned. This is a great insight into your set up and I think you analyze products very well. Thanks for the info!

Comment on Is social the new search? by Jason

Jason — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:20:32 +0000

You’re totally right. People are not that good at searching yet. HOWEVER, I think in the next 4 years, people will improve. YET, this is why I don’t think Google will be shut down, that in the end, it’s going to take a LOT of people a LONG time to figure out other search methods, and Google is going to have to get much much worse (due to spam) than they are now. Yet, that is very possible, because as much as they improve their algos, the truth is, they still return results that are combed and manipulated by professionals 90% of the time.

Comment on Is social the new search? by AdamD

AdamD — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:22:49 +0000

I’m tempted to agree with you about vertical search engines which specialize in a specific kind of content. However, in watching several people search the web, you might be amazed at the absolute faith they have in Google.

Need to find out what films Robert DeNiro has been in? You or I would go to IMDb, but most would type his name into Google… even if they know about IMDb.

This summer I had an intern in my office. To get to a page on Wikipedia, he adds “wiki” to his search term. I was shocked.

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Sat, 05 May 2007 19:53:26 +0000

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