Stan Goodman wrote: > In other OSes here, When Firefox is unable to find the URL entered in the > navigation field, it says so (Error 404). And it is possible to enter into > the the field a URL less top domain, e.g. "cnn", without "com" (at least for > the "com" case, if not others, and FF would make the guess. > > That is not what happens in the browsers on my openSUSE v10.3. I have been > trying to understand what actually does happen -- in both Firefox and > Konqueror. Entering a defective URL in either browser brings the home page of > my own web page, and I am unable to find why or how browsers do this. My > Firefox home page is a blank page, not my website; I have cleared Browsing > History and Cache, the only places I can think of where that URL is known to > Firefox (which shouldn't matter anyway to Konqueror). > > The same thing happens if I enter into the Alt-F2 field a program name not > known ti the system: Konqueror obliges with my website. > > Where have I neglected to remove the offending URL? > > I am assuming that straightening this out will also enable browsers to > find "com" by themselves. > > I have never seen that behaviour. When I attempt to go to a bogus site, both Firefox and Konqueror give an error message.
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