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	2006-09-10 11:40:02
Apologies - I know I ought to be able to find this somewhere, and I have searched through my own archives for "bug reports", but it really is much easier just to ask here: where should big reports be sent? Should I register at http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/show.dml/45198 8#comments and post my bug there? Yesterday I discovered the clever way in which, if you go to the URL window and start typing something in quotes, Opera automatically places a g and a space in front of it. I then immediately discovered that when it came to it, the program rejects the entry because it doesn't see the "g ", so you get an error message. The "g " only works if you type it in by hand. I assume everyone else has this "problem"? This morning I downloaded build 8573 and it is no better in this respect. Cheers, Harry -- Unsubscribe: mailto:opera-users-requestopera.com?subject=unsubscribe

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	2006-09-10 12:01:58
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:40:02 +0100, Harry Lake <harry.lakewxs.nl> wrote: > Yesterday I discovered the clever way in which, if you go to the URL > window and start typing something in quotes, Opera automatically places > a g and a space in front of it. I then immediately discovered that when > it came to it, the program rejects the entry because it doesn't see the > "g ", so you get an error message. The "g " only works if you type it in > by hand. I assume everyone else has this "problem"? I think you have mis-read the screen Harry, for me, with build 8573 when I start typing /anything/ into the F2 box (or the address bar) I get the same text with the 'g ' prefix offered as an alternative below the box. That 'g ' prefix is not /in/ the box, you have to sellect it explicitly before you 'OK' it. = Malcolm. -- from malcolm.austenoucs.ox.ac.uk -- Unsubscribe: mailto:opera-users-requestopera.com?subject=unsubscribe

where to send bug reports
	2006-09-10 12:03:41
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:40:02 +0100, Harry Lake <harry.lakewxs.nl> wrote: > Apologies - I know I ought to be able to find this somewhere, and I > have searched through my own archives for "bug reports", but it really > is much easier just to ask here: where should big reports be sent? Try <URL: http://www.ope ra.com/support/bugs/> Harry. = Malcolm. -- from malcolm.austenoucs.ox.ac.uk -- Unsubscribe: mailto:opera-users-requestopera.com?subject=unsubscribe

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	2006-09-10 13:37:28
On 10 Sep 2006 at 13:40, Harry Lake said: > Apologies - I know I ought to be able to find this somewhere, and I have > searched through my own archives for "bug reports", but it really is much > easier just to ask here: where should big reports be sent? Should I > register at http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/show.dml/45198 8#comments > and post my bug there? > > Yesterday I discovered the clever way in which, if you go to the URL > window and start typing something in quotes, Opera automatically places a > g and a space in front of it. I then immediately discovered that when it > came to it, the program rejects the entry because it doesn't see the "g ", > so you get an error message. The "g " only works if you type it in by > hand. I assume everyone else has this "problem"? Um ... all you need do is hit down-arrow ... something I frequently do by accident! -- Unsubscribe: mailto:opera-users-requestopera.com?subject=unsubscribe

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	2006-09-10 14:05:00

Hi Malcolm and Fred, Many thanks for your perspicacious answers! Having said that - wouldn't it be an idea if Opera could actually assume this is what you want? Possibly with the option of turning it off? Harry
'g ' prefix when typing a URL
	2006-09-10 16:30:37
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:05:00 +0100, Harry Lake <harry.lakewxs.nl> wrote: > Having said that - wouldn't it be an idea if Opera could actually > assume this is what you want? Possibly with the option of turning it > off? Not really Harry! If I type something where a URL is expected, then I expect the default to be to (try to) interpret it as a URL and not as a Google search request. = Malcolm. -- from malcolm.austenoucs.ox.ac.uk -- Unsubscribe: mailto:opera-users-requestopera.com?subject=unsubscribe

'g ' prefix when typing a URL
	2006-09-10 20:33:06

At 18:30 10-9-2006 CET, you wrote: On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:05:00 +0100, Harry Lake <harry.lakewxs.nl> wrote: Having said that - wouldn't it be an idea if Opera could actually  assume this is what you want? Possibly with the option of turning it off? Not really Harry! If I type something where a URL is expected, then I  expect the default to be to (try to) interpret it as a URL and not as a Google search request. Absolutely, me too. But - correct me if I'm wrong - every single URL always has at least one full stop followed by something other than a space. In Fred's off-list example, bl.uk. A combination that does not occur in, I suggest, 99.9% of Google search strings. As soon as the system sees that, it knows what you're typing is a URL. More or less what it does now, in other words, I'd have thought. In my example, japanese binoculars "serial numbers" site:uk would instantly be recognizable as not a URL. Harry
'g ' prefix when typing a URL
	2006-09-10 21:02:50
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:33:06 +0100, Harry Lake <harry.lakewxs.nl> wrote: > Absolutely, me too. But - correct me if I'm wrong - every single URL > always has at least one full stop followed by something other than a > space. In Fred's off-list example, bl.uk. A combination that does not > occur in, I suggest, 99.9% of Google search strings. As soon as the > system sees that, it knows what you're typing is a URL. More or less > what it does now, in other words, I'd have thought. In my example, > japanese binoculars "serial numbers" site:uk > would instantly be recognizable as not a URL. I take your point Harry but I think it's dangerous to select on an empirical basis that may be invalidated in the near future. If two words are typed in then it would be a safe decision fine since a space is illegal in a URL. Without a space, I'm not sure there is a safe choice to be made. And don't forget, this would only be possible for a single word if URL completion is turned off - when I type in binoculars, I get taken to www.binoculars.com by auto-completion. It's no issue for me, I always have a google search box on my Main Bar so it's there even when I'm reading (or writing) email. = Malcolm. -- from malcolm.austenoucs.ox.ac.uk -- Unsubscribe: mailto:opera-users-requestopera.com?subject=unsubscribe

'g ' prefix when typing a URL
	2006-09-10 21:21:42

At 23:02 10-9-2006 CET, you wrote: On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:33:06 +0100, Harry Lake <harry.lakewxs.nl> wrote: Absolutely, me too. But - correct me if I'm wrong - every single URL always has at least one full stop followed by something other than a  space. In Fred's off-list example, bl.uk. A combination that does not  occur in, I suggest, 99.9% of Google search strings. As soon as the system sees that, it knows what you're typing is a URL. More or less  what it does now, in other words, I'd have thought. In my example, japanese binoculars "serial numbers" site:uk would instantly be recognizable as not a URL. I take your point Harry but I think it's dangerous to select on an empirical basis that may be invalidated in the near future. If two words  are typed in then it would be a safe decision fine since a space is illegal in a URL. Without a space, I'm not sure there is a safe choice to  be made. And don't forget, this would only be possible for a single word if URL  completion is turned off - when I type in binoculars, I get taken to  www.binoculars.com by auto-completion. It's no issue for me, I always have a google search box on my Main Bar so it's there even when I'm reading (or writing) email. I don't use Opera for mail, and I'm never sure what all the bars are called. I do have a Google search box on the same line as the URL box. What I would really like to see would be a way of setting the widths of the various boxes. I usually have short URLs to type in, and long Google search strings, so it would be convenient to me to be able to set a short URL box and a long Google one. This idea was pooh-poohed last time I mooted it, and somehow one tends to stop suggesting things when they get pooh-poohed the first time. In fact, the argument goven at the time was that there was no need for it because I could always use the URL box and put g-space at the front. That's not a reason for not doing what I would like, it's just an alternative, as I see it. But I am accustomed to people not seeing things my way, however right I am! ) I discovered this feature (the automatic insertion of g-space) by accident when I inadvertently started typing a Google search string into the U! RL box . Maybe my idea would work better if it were to use two conditions, viz. 1) no full stops not followed by a space, and 2) at least two words. That would do it, wouldn't it? Cheers, Harry
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	2006-09-10 22:04:53
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:05:00 -0500, Harry Lake <harry.lakewxs.nl> wrote: > Hi Malcolm and Fred, > > Many thanks for your perspicacious answers! > > Having said that - wouldn't it be an idea if Opera could actually > assume > this is what you want? Possibly with the option of turning it off? > > Harry Not really. Suppose I am typing a web address without the "www". I don't want to query Google, I just want the web address. Similarly, suppose I want to use another search engine, etc... -- John Zelnicker -- CHOOSE OPERA! Speed Security Simplicity {No electrons were harmed in the creation, transmission or reading of this email. However, many were excited and some may well have enjoyed the experience.} -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.406 / Virus Database: 268.12.2/442 - Release Date: 9/8/2006 -- Unsubscribe: mailto:opera-users-requestopera.com?subject=unsubscribe

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