huge Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 (edited) Can anyone tell me how to change the settings so that if I type in a website name eg "trials forum" in the address bar without www etc it takes me straight to the site rather than going through yahoo searches? It had been working fine for ages but somehow I've managed to break this handy feature Thanks Edited May 23, 2008 by huge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 You got yahoo set as your homepage? If so, give yourself a slap on the head for being weird... and set google as your home page, problem should be solved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huge Posted May 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 You got yahoo set as your homepage? If so, give yourself a slap on the head for being weird... and set google as your home page, problem should be solved Google uk is the homepage, which is why I'm confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vee Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Google uk is the homepage, which is why I'm confused. should do it anyway then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 It shouldn't matter what your homepage is, that will make no difference. Perhaps if yahoo is the default search (little icon to the left of the search box, to the right of the address bar, should have a G in it for Google) that might make a difference, wouldn't have thought so though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggy Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Ctrl+Enter after typing in URL name without http reference e.g. google then Ctrl+Enter usually that will take you to a .com website but you can change that when you type in about:config in the firefox address bar, I'll explain further tomorrow when I'm not as drunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 ;; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 It shouldn't matter what your homepage is, that will make no difference. Perhaps if yahoo is the default search (little icon to the left of the search box, to the right of the address bar, should have a G in it for Google) that might make a difference, wouldn't have thought so though. yeah i'd started drinking last night, i meant to put "and yahoo toolbar" instead of just as his homepage. The yahoo toolbar seems to come free with a lot of installers for whatever reason and its very easy to install it by accident if you don't pay attention to what your doing. It can also do weird things like setting searches to go through yahoo when you type words into the URL address bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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