Why does opera 10.53 continue to search from address bar?

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8. May 2010, 19:43:17

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Why does opera 10.53 continue to search from address bar?

I have unchecked the preference: Addressbar Content Search, but Opera still searches for an address.

Is this a known bug (Windows XP SP3) ?

My company creates many special one-word aliases that automatically directs you to a path on the intranet but Opera ignores the entry I type and tries to search via Google

8. May 2010, 22:49:49

MXB2001

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I think that option just stops it from searching your bookmarks and history. Probably a different setting to turn off searching in the address bar. If that's even possible!

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8. May 2010, 23:32:35

PeeJay

Posts: 350

Yeah, sucks don't it. One would expect that an address bar would go to addresses. People really hate this but Opera persist.

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9. May 2010, 05:38:38

oke

Posts: 238

there does seems to be a way to bypass the searching by typing a / right after the text of your entry but it is awkward and I keep on forgetting. (Other people also make fun of Opera because of this

9. May 2010, 05:54:11

johndavies108

Posts: 35

I agree with you, oke. For now, I figured out a workaround: type your one word address and end it with a slash. For example, if you want to reach the server called intranet, type intranet/ into the address bar. I'm not sure if it's compatible with the redirects or aliases in use at your company, but it's worth a shot.

Edit: Doh! Is there an echo in here? I guess I should learn to refresh my page before submitting.

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