Comments on: Why Safari Sucks: 2. The URL Bar http://blog.firetree.net/2006/04/04/why-safari-sucks-2-the-url-bar/ Sharing useful things with the world. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:31:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Tomis http://blog.firetree.net/2006/04/04/why-safari-sucks-2-the-url-bar/#comment-7356 Tomis Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:03:03 +0000 http://blog.firetree.net/2006/04/04/why-safari-sucks-2-the-url-bar/#comment-7356 <p>I agree that safari's auto-complete can be a pain. Especially if you want to go to the root domain, sometimes it auto-completes to a sub-directory.</p> <p>This means that to go to Amazon.com for example I have to type "Ama" then left arrow, then option-right arrow two times to get the cursor to just after the ".com", then shift-down arrow to select all the text to the right, then delete, and finally return. </p> <p>It's almost more worthwhile just to type Amazon.com, hit delete and then return!</p> I agree that safari’s auto-complete can be a pain. Especially if you want to go to the root domain, sometimes it auto-completes to a sub-directory.

This means that to go to Amazon.com for example I have to type “Ama” then left arrow, then option-right arrow two times to get the cursor to just after the “.com”, then shift-down arrow to select all the text to the right, then delete, and finally return.

It’s almost more worthwhile just to type Amazon.com, hit delete and then return!

]]> By: Michael http://blog.firetree.net/2006/04/04/why-safari-sucks-2-the-url-bar/#comment-5490 Michael Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:07:39 +0000 http://blog.firetree.net/2006/04/04/why-safari-sucks-2-the-url-bar/#comment-5490 <p>You need to look at it a bit more for the Apple reason behind this. Say you go to a site fairly often, www.somedomain.com. While typing, there may be numerous links that start with the domain in there from previous sessions. If Safari worked the way you'd like it to, then when you finished typing www.sounddomain.com (and it auto-completed something like www.somedomain.com/media/something.html) and hit the backspace, the m in com would be deleted. That would force you to retype the m again, and cause a loop of the same issue to occur. </p> <p>Simple fix: just remember to hit backspace twice if you mistype.</p> You need to look at it a bit more for the Apple reason behind this. Say you go to a site fairly often, http://www.somedomain.com. While typing, there may be numerous links that start with the domain in there from previous sessions. If Safari worked the way you’d like it to, then when you finished typing http://www.sounddomain.com (and it auto-completed something like http://www.somedomain.com/media/something.html) and hit the backspace, the m in com would be deleted. That would force you to retype the m again, and cause a loop of the same issue to occur.

Simple fix: just remember to hit backspace twice if you mistype.

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