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Re: The Billion Dollar Line of JavaScript: document.f.q.focus();

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Post by emfle »

avinashv wrote: post #9

This article is pretty old, and I've seen it pop up a few times on many of the other social news sites, but that isn't my problem. Something that has always bugged me is some of the ludicrous claims in the article. Take the following: "It is quicker to type “Amazon” into Google and click on the first result than it is to type www.amazon.com into your address bar." No chance. In fact, I am pretty confident my (essenti…

Not on average. He will make many more errors typing www.amzaon.com than he will typing something resembling amazon well enough for google to find the site.

Re: The Billion Dollar Line of JavaScript: document.f.q.focus();

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Post by Kelevra »

avinashv wrote: post #9

This article is pretty old, and I've seen it pop up a few times on many of the other social news sites, but that isn't my problem. Something that has always bugged me is some of the ludicrous claims in the article. Take the following: "It is quicker to type “Amazon” into Google and click on the first result than it is to type www.amazon.com into your address bar." No chance. In fact, I am pretty confident my (essenti…

Does anyone still type "www" ... ever?

I think Firefox just tries several common TLDs when it can't resolve a name, i.e., when you type "ebay", it tries "ebay.com", "ebay.org", "ebay.net", etc. No integration with Google required.

That's why "ebay" gets you to "ebay.com" and "slashdot" gets you to "slashdot.org", but "del.icio" doesn't go to "del.icio.us", and "last" doesn't go to "last.fm" even though those are the #1 Google results for "del.icio" and "last".

Re: The Billion Dollar Line of JavaScript: document.f.q.focus();

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Post by anon »

Kelevra wrote: post #12
avinashv wrote: post #9

This article is pretty old, and I've seen it pop up a few times on many of the other social news sites, but that isn't my problem. Something that has always bugged me is some of the ludicrous claims in the article. Take the following: "It is quicker to type “Amazon” into Google and click on the first result than it is to type www.amazon.com into your address bar." No chance. In fact, I am pretty confident my (essenti…

Does anyone still type "www" ... ever? I think Firefox just tries several common TLDs when it can't resolve a name, i.e., when you type "ebay", it tries "ebay.com", "ebay.org", "ebay.net", etc. No integration with Google required. That's why "ebay" gets you to "ebay.com" and "slashdot" gets you to "slashdot.org", but "del.icio" doesn't go to "del.icio.us", and "last" doesn't go to "last.fm" even though those are the…

Actually, I often find that I typed "ww." because Firefox is not responsive enough after Ctrl+T.

Re: The Billion Dollar Line of JavaScript: document.f.q.focus();

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Post by avinashv »

Kelevra wrote: post #12
avinashv wrote: post #9

This article is pretty old, and I've seen it pop up a few times on many of the other social news sites, but that isn't my problem. Something that has always bugged me is some of the ludicrous claims in the article. Take the following: "It is quicker to type “Amazon” into Google and click on the first result than it is to type www.amazon.com into your address bar." No chance. In fact, I am pretty confident my (essenti…

Does anyone still type "www" ... ever? I think Firefox just tries several common TLDs when it can't resolve a name, i.e., when you type "ebay", it tries "ebay.com", "ebay.org", "ebay.net", etc. No integration with Google required. That's why "ebay" gets you to "ebay.com" and "slashdot" gets you to "slashdot.org", but "del.icio" doesn't go to "del.icio.us", and "last" doesn't go to "last.fm" even though those are the…

You're right, that didn't occur to me. I don't type "www." and I would imagine a lot of people don't. Then again, I can't say for certain people like my dad understand that you can remove it.
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