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Re: When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com

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Post by tidwall »

om2 wrote: post #211
xsmasher wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can confirm the "s k e t c h return" -> skechers behavior. "s k e t c h SPACE return" got me the google search results.

Folks who can reproduce the "sketch" --> "sketchers.com" behavior or the "realty.com" --> "realtor.com" behavior, would any of you be willing to file the issue via Feedback Assistant (only needs a free developer.apple.com account) with a sysdiagnose and a screen recording? Then give me the FB number. I can get the Safari team to look at this, but I can't reproduce either behavior myself. Any other examples of bogus/u…

I only use Safari and I’ve actually been on realtor.com a ton the past few days. I just punched in realty.com and it directed me to realtor.com. If I do http://realty.com it takes me to the correct site.

Re: When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com

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Post by baddox »

zamalek wrote: post #219
saagarjha wrote: post #6

This has been driving me mad for the better part of a year: the autocomplete behavior in Safari is totally broken. Last year it started picking words from your query and going through your history and using that to autocomplete so you'd always go to some random thing from your history that's barely relevant even for the most generic search terms (if I type "ptrace" I want to go to a web search, not some random Stack…

> the autocomplete behavior in Safari is totally broken. I'm looking for a genuine honest answer here, this really isn't rhetorical. Every second thread regarding Apple seems to have top comments complaining about the quality of what Apple has become. The first I recall was the butterfly keyboard fiasco, then some others, then El Capitan and Big Sur bugs, then this. Again, I really want to understand this: why the co…

I’m a long time Apple user (and professional Android developer/user up until about 3 years ago). My answer is that I use Apple mobile products because they seem to still be better than all alternatives.

That said, I haven’t looked earnestly at Android phones for about 3 years. I also use an iPad as my primary computer for everything when I’m not on the clock, and I’m fairly confident there’s not much competition in the high-end tablet market.

Re: When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com

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Post by elliotec »

zamalek wrote: post #219
saagarjha wrote: post #6

This has been driving me mad for the better part of a year: the autocomplete behavior in Safari is totally broken. Last year it started picking words from your query and going through your history and using that to autocomplete so you'd always go to some random thing from your history that's barely relevant even for the most generic search terms (if I type "ptrace" I want to go to a web search, not some random Stack…

> the autocomplete behavior in Safari is totally broken. I'm looking for a genuine honest answer here, this really isn't rhetorical. Every second thread regarding Apple seems to have top comments complaining about the quality of what Apple has become. The first I recall was the butterfly keyboard fiasco, then some others, then El Capitan and Big Sur bugs, then this. Again, I really want to understand this: why the co…

iOS is still miles ahead of Android and those are the only real choices. Plus the privacy thing. Plus development on Apple products is better.

Re: When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com

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Post by o_v_o »

zamalek wrote: post #219
saagarjha wrote: post #6

This has been driving me mad for the better part of a year: the autocomplete behavior in Safari is totally broken. Last year it started picking words from your query and going through your history and using that to autocomplete so you'd always go to some random thing from your history that's barely relevant even for the most generic search terms (if I type "ptrace" I want to go to a web search, not some random Stack…

> the autocomplete behavior in Safari is totally broken. I'm looking for a genuine honest answer here, this really isn't rhetorical. Every second thread regarding Apple seems to have top comments complaining about the quality of what Apple has become. The first I recall was the butterfly keyboard fiasco, then some others, then El Capitan and Big Sur bugs, then this. Again, I really want to understand this: why the co…

I've seen continued decline in the quality of autocorrect on the relatively new swipe-to-text keyboard, increasingly poor siri voice recognition, and have also noticed this behavior in Safari that frustrates me to no end when it happens.

I think the reason I'm still here is trust in the overall product, along with some heavily rose tinted glasses. I still use other products sometimes and almost always only find problems that would prevent me from switching. So perhaps it's also some monopolistic behavior impacting my personal behavior.

Re: When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com

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Post by baddox »

om2 wrote: post #211
xsmasher wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can confirm the "s k e t c h return" -> skechers behavior. "s k e t c h SPACE return" got me the google search results.

Folks who can reproduce the "sketch" --> "sketchers.com" behavior or the "realty.com" --> "realtor.com" behavior, would any of you be willing to file the issue via Feedback Assistant (only needs a free developer.apple.com account) with a sysdiagnose and a screen recording? Then give me the FB number. I can get the Safari team to look at this, but I can't reproduce either behavior myself. Any other examples of bogus/u…

When I search in iPhone Safari for “sketch” I get a dictionary definition for the word as the top suggested result. Pressing “go” does a Google search for “sketch”.

Re: When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com

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Post by nhf »

om2 wrote: post #211
xsmasher wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can confirm the "s k e t c h return" -> skechers behavior. "s k e t c h SPACE return" got me the google search results.

Folks who can reproduce the "sketch" --> "sketchers.com" behavior or the "realty.com" --> "realtor.com" behavior, would any of you be willing to file the issue via Feedback Assistant (only needs a free developer.apple.com account) with a sysdiagnose and a screen recording? Then give me the FB number. I can get the Safari team to look at this, but I can't reproduce either behavior myself. Any other examples of bogus/u…

Done: FB7793463. It sounds like you work at Apple? The screen recording is attached to the report.

Re: When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com

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Post by TedDoesntTalk »

baddox wrote: post #222
zamalek wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the autocomplete behavior in Safari is totally broken. I'm looking for a genuine honest answer here, this really isn't rhetorical. Every second thread regarding Apple seems to have top comments complaining about the quality of what Apple has become. The first I recall was the butterfly keyboard fiasco, then some others, then El Capitan and Big Sur bugs, then this. Again, I really want to understand this: why the co…

I’m a long time Apple user (and professional Android developer/user up until about 3 years ago). My answer is that I use Apple mobile products because they seem to still be better than all alternatives. That said, I haven’t looked earnestly at Android phones for about 3 years. I also use an iPad as my primary computer for everything when I’m not on the clock, and I’m fairly confident there’s not much competition in t…

It doesn’t sound like you’ve tried Google Pixel products for Android phone + tablet. They’re expensive, but they are the best. I use both Android and iOS devices regularly everyday. I wouldn’t waste my time on anything but Google products for Android.

It’s also the only fair comparison of Android to iOS: when using Pixel, the OS & hardware are dictated by Google just like Apple does with the OS & hardware for its phones.

I have good & bad to say about each, but pointless to share them. My peeves are nnot yours and vice-versa.

Re: When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com

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Post by dahart »

ncmncm wrote: post #203
freehunter wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At my work, clearing browser history is a red flag for audit. Their idea on the policy is anything you do on your work machine is work-related and the company has the right to see that history. If you want privacy, use your own device. And while that’s not my policy, I’ve worked in security long enough to know... anything you do on your work computers is already being watched by the security team. Web proxies and log…

Please remind me not to work where you do.

How about a reminder to not work where you do?

Unless you’re running the company, and you’re the only employee, your work internet usage is being monitored and logged at some level. Believing otherwise is giving your employer a very generous benefit of the doubt, let’s say, but still probably naive. It’s worth understanding why all companies might be required by law to monitor, or short of that, be incentivized to monitor employee internet usage:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respondeat_superior

https://www.spamtitan.com/web-filtering/liability-for-employ...

Re: When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com

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Post by TedDoesntTalk »

elliotec wrote: post #223
zamalek wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the autocomplete behavior in Safari is totally broken. I'm looking for a genuine honest answer here, this really isn't rhetorical. Every second thread regarding Apple seems to have top comments complaining about the quality of what Apple has become. The first I recall was the butterfly keyboard fiasco, then some others, then El Capitan and Big Sur bugs, then this. Again, I really want to understand this: why the co…

iOS is still miles ahead of Android and those are the only real choices. Plus the privacy thing. Plus development on Apple products is better.

I disagree on two of those three, and I use both everyday. I develop for both, too. Do you? Kotlin on Android or something else?

Re: When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com

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Post by ryeguy_24 »

zamalek wrote: post #219
saagarjha wrote: post #6

This has been driving me mad for the better part of a year: the autocomplete behavior in Safari is totally broken. Last year it started picking words from your query and going through your history and using that to autocomplete so you'd always go to some random thing from your history that's barely relevant even for the most generic search terms (if I type "ptrace" I want to go to a web search, not some random Stack…

> the autocomplete behavior in Safari is totally broken. I'm looking for a genuine honest answer here, this really isn't rhetorical. Every second thread regarding Apple seems to have top comments complaining about the quality of what Apple has become. The first I recall was the butterfly keyboard fiasco, then some others, then El Capitan and Big Sur bugs, then this. Again, I really want to understand this: why the co…

Someone told me that it’s the people we love the most that make us the most angry. Apple products are unreal (both software and hardware). People get really frustrated with little annoyances all the time and get quite heated. But, ask them to switch, and the answer is “hell no”. Bugs should be fixed for sure, but still minor in the grand scheme of things.
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