Or disable Javascript for that site. NoScript is the best extension ever.
On 2/16/06, warpmedia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wayne- Switch to Firefox, Ctrl-K is your friend! > > Jim- Focus is being shifted to the Comcast search field by javascript > just before you start to type, thus you end up typing in the search > field vs. address bar. I just opened the site & sure enough that's what > happens. > > Just another reason for "About:blank" as a startup page. > > > Wayne Johnson wrote: > > At 07:28 AM 2/16/2006, Jim Edwards typed: > >> So I start ie with a page like comcast.net But I immediately want to > >> put "powerball" in the address bar to go to powerball.com but midway > >> through the entry the comcast.net hijacks the text to their 'search' > >> space on the page. how can this be stopped? > > > > Hmmm, no problems here but I just copied & pasted the url. I do searches > > from the address bar all the time so I wouldn't want that disabled. > > Once you have powerball.com bookmarked can you turn the searches back on > > then still get to the url ??? > > > > > > ----------+---------- > > Wayne D. Johnson > > Ashland, OH, USA 44805 > > <http://www.wavijo.com> > > > -- Brian
