On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Kristopher Austin yowled: > Well, scratch that on IE 6.0, but it definitely happens in Firefox 1.5 > with no extensions installed. > > I can watch Firefox try .com for any unknown URL before returning an > error. I've tested this on 4 machines to be sure.
This is controlled by the prefs browser.fixup.alternate.enabled true browser.fixup.alternate.prefix www. browser.fixup.alternate.suffix .com I've disabled it here because I consider this an odious misfeature, but alas it *is* on by default :( -- `I must caution that dipping fingers into molten lead presents several serious dangers.' --- Jearl Walker
