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Re: Chrome redirecting to blank.html on search

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Post by rieter » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 1:34 PM UTC

anonymous_mouse wrote: post #80

runn1ng wrote: post #16

From the giant thread, user BolshoiBrit: Found a work around: Add a new a search engine in wrench >> settings >> search "Manage Search Engines". Under "other search engines" add a new search engine using this address for the URL http://www.google.com/search?q=%s Name it "Google 2" or whatever you want. Works like a charm. -B

I suggest trying DuckDuckGo, a search engine that doesn't track you. Same instructions but replace the search url with: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s

It's not a "search engine". It's a frontend to Bing.

Re: Chrome redirecting to blank.html on search

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Post by epi0Bauqu » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 1:41 PM UTC

ghostfish wrote: post #88

Karunamon wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately DDG's results suck. Nobody really cares about Google's 'tracking', people use them because they work.

Interesting, what makes you say that DDG's results suck? I've been using it as my primary search engine for a few weeks now and aside from it not including a map in results unless you give it a very explicit address, I've found it no worse than Google's results.

What address? That's a bug :)

Re: Chrome redirecting to blank.html on search

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Post by yellowbkpk » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 2:15 PM UTC

JoshTriplett wrote: post #32

lambda wrote: post #31

Why do dozens of people feel the need to say "+1" and "me too"? What could they possibly think they are adding to the discussion?

Because the bug-tracking system doesn't have a noise-free way to say "this affects me too", the way that bugzilla and launchpad do. And "this affects me too" can potentially provide useful information, to gauge how many people an issue affects and thus what priority to give it.

This isn't the bug tracker. It's a forum for support. Someone should file a bug here: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list

Once they do that, you can "star" the issue. The Chrome team can sort their bug lists by "number of stars" during prioritization and you'll get e-mails when the bug's status changes if you star the bug.

Re: Chrome redirecting to blank.html on search

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Post by jrockway » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 2:25 PM UTC

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #77

pkasting wrote: post #44

Regarding all the suggestions to change search engines: Deleting the Google search entry is not an action that can easily be undone, and it will have drastic consequences, such as permanently disabling suggestions and instant for omnibox searches. Creating an alternate entry with the same URL does NOT suffice -- you can't manually enable any of this functionality on the alternate entry. If you're having this bug, I s…

That sounds anti-competitive. So is there a reason other search providers aren't being allowed the opportunity to support this functionality?

As far as I know, they are. When I type "en.wikipedia.org" and hit tab, I get auto-completions for Wikipedia content. Same for Bing.

Re: Chrome redirecting to blank.html on search

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Post by markab » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 2:25 PM UTC

i fixed the problem by completely resetting my cookies. I opened up the browser in Incognito and it worked fine, so I figured I'd give a full history clear of history, cache and cookies.

I'm not sure why it worked, but it did. (For me)

Re: Chrome redirecting to blank.html on search

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 2:31 PM UTC

ghostfish wrote: post #88

Karunamon wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately DDG's results suck. Nobody really cares about Google's 'tracking', people use them because they work.

Interesting, what makes you say that DDG's results suck? I've been using it as my primary search engine for a few weeks now and aside from it not including a map in results unless you give it a very explicit address, I've found it no worse than Google's results.

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Re: Chrome redirecting to blank.html on search

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Post by aw3c2 » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 2:32 PM UTC

ghostfish wrote: post #88

Karunamon wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately DDG's results suck. Nobody really cares about Google's 'tracking', people use them because they work.

Interesting, what makes you say that DDG's results suck? I've been using it as my primary search engine for a few weeks now and aside from it not including a map in results unless you give it a very explicit address, I've found it no worse than Google's results.

A online buddy of mine submitted http://enjoys.it/duckduckgo/ a while ago but he was "dead"/ghosted on HN right away.

Re: Chrome redirecting to blank.html on search

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Post by JoshTriplett » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 2:49 PM UTC

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #70

JoshTriplett wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because the bug-tracking system doesn't have a noise-free way to say "this affects me too", the way that bugzilla and launchpad do. And "this affects me too" can potentially provide useful information, to gauge how many people an issue affects and thus what priority to give it.

That's... absolutely not true. The bug tracker (not the ML) has a star that is meant specifically for that and is a publicly viewable counter.

The star doesn't inherently say "I have this bug too". It just acts like a bookmark to find the bug later. That correlates with the number of people who want the bug fixed, somewhat, but it doesn't directly indicate how many people have experienced the bug.

Re: Chrome redirecting to blank.html on search

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Post by tomjen3 » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 3:34 PM UTC

ghostfish wrote: post #88

Karunamon wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately DDG's results suck. Nobody really cares about Google's 'tracking', people use them because they work.

Interesting, what makes you say that DDG's results suck? I've been using it as my primary search engine for a few weeks now and aside from it not including a map in results unless you give it a very explicit address, I've found it no worse than Google's results.

Maybe not for US queries, but they are kinda lacking for the rest of the world.

Re: Chrome redirecting to blank.html on search

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Post by Ideka » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 3:58 PM UTC

ghostfish wrote: post #88

Karunamon wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately DDG's results suck. Nobody really cares about Google's 'tracking', people use them because they work.

Interesting, what makes you say that DDG's results suck? I've been using it as my primary search engine for a few weeks now and aside from it not including a map in results unless you give it a very explicit address, I've found it no worse than Google's results.

ghostfish's message is now gray, so I guess he has been downvoted. Can anyone explain why?

My experience with DDG has been very similar to the one cited by aw3c2: I used it as my primary search engine for a couple of months, and eventually found myself always using !g, so I switched back to google.