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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: At home
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I think it's because it's just another bar and they're not use to it. I used to do that... for wahtever reason I can't even explain.
I think google solved the problem with Chrome and the "One bar does it all". I love it (Using on my PC at work) Dave Mustaine :"God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo." |
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Hmm?
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Mozilla used to have one bar for everything. It was the reason I didn't switch to Firefox for so long, it seemed inefficient to have to switch focus to another input. Hopefully this will retrend that way.
I'm Joseph Fritzl, and no windows was my idea. |
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Formerly Roboman, still
awesome Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Portland, OR
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Oh, that's not the worst of it. Go to YouTube, Amazon, or any web site with a search bar near the top of the window...type in "www" and look at all the URLs that people type in.
and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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It's funny, if you just highlight the search bar and hit "enter" without any text in it, Firefox will bring you to Google.com. Safari just gives you an error.
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I don't have big buttons yet... Using Camino... Then again, I wouldn't have noticed if I did. I don't remember the last time I actually went to google's homepage (I've got a customized google homepage...).
I really have nothing to put here, but I feel it's rather strange to not have one. |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Hmm?
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An error = the "dunk!" noise OS X makes when you try it. I'm Joseph Fritzl, and no windows was my idea. |
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Travels via TARDIS
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Earthsea
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I haven't read the thread, but the giant controls are caused by these attributes in Google's stylesheets:
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.lst { font-size: 17px; } /* search text */
.lsb { -webkit-appearance: button; } /* search buttons */ Why on Earth they added these, I'm not sure. Those are the actual class names, so if anyone were to add a custom stylesheet to their systems, this is what you'd want to override:Code:
.lst {
font-family: sans-serif; /* WTF: they are now using Arial. FUGLY. */
font-size: 8pt;
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.lsb {
-webkit-appearance: push-button;
} Apparently I call the cops when I see people litter. |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melbourne
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2. The Safari search field is un-customisable and worse, doesn't localise to your local version of Google, so we're all stuck with the US site 3. It only takes a split-second longer and no extra mouseclicks to click on a Google bookmark and search from there. |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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But of course I'll admit to being a performance whore in this regard. True, it's not customizable, but what do you mean about not localizing? Unless you have a cookie set to override it, Google should choose its language based on your browser's user agent string. Some very quick tests confirm this. I set my system's language preference to "Español" first, restart Safari, and Google searches from Safari show up with Spanish text. I change to "British English", restart Safari, and Google uses what I can only assume is the British flavour of English. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melbourne
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Moreover, if I'm opening a new tab without using a bookmark or some other link there's a reasonably good chance that I want to do a Google search. If a Google page opens, with the cursor already directed to the search field, then this is a performance boon. So from a purely performance-whore point-of-view there's no reason against opening Google (unless you're worried about a couple of bytes of bandwidth) and very good reason for it. And if you live outside the US, well... Quote:
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Stallion
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Milwaukee
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Do most people use the Safari search box? I can't get used to it, I don't know. I always pop open a new tab (which automatically opens google) to search.
...and calling/e-mailing/texting ex-girlfriends on the off-chance they'll invite you over for some "old time's sake" no-strings couch gymnastics... |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melbourne
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melbourne
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My suggestion is whatever city you have your Time Zone set to in your System Preferences. You could argue for something else, but the point is that at the moment it's US and US only.
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melbourne
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i.e. If you search for 'Applenova' from the Safari search field with your location (according to whatever criteria) set to 'Australia'. it should fetch http://www.google.com.au/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Applenova&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 instead of http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Applenova&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Simple, and does not require Safari to expose your location information to anyone, just for Safari to be aware of your location itself. The only problem would be making sure whichever location criteria is chosen, it is accurate (there may be some issues with the city selected under Time Zone if people choose a city from a neighbouring country?). |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melbourne
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Technically yes, although not in the same way that all your other information is exposed to any website you visit (browser, screen resolution, etc.). But, anyone concerned about this should not be using Google full stop. Or the rest of the internet for that matter. This tells Google very little if anything that they don't already know, from your IP address amongst other things.
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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FWIW, if you type into the built-in search field and press command-enter, it will open the search in a new tab, just like if you press command-enter on the location field.
The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Location: Melbourne
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Chicago
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Conventions. They're a beautiful thing.
Kinda like how I just assumed that cmd-1/2/3 would toggle views in iCal. I didn't have to check the menus; I tried them, and they worked. That's a huge sign of a well-done Mac app — and why Firefox sucks. As for this thread's topic: the large buttons are hideous. 'nuf said. |
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geri to my friends
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Heaven
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Ok they are kinda gross, but for us old uns it aint so bad for the peepers.
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Stallion
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Milwaukee
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Anybody else not getting buttons today, and instead getting a fade in effect of surrounding text?
It's very weird.. |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Google recently changed stylesheets to draw the buttons with a vertical gradient, at least in WebKit browsers. Maybe something's broken on your browser?
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Stallion
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Milwaukee
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M AH - ch ain saw
Join Date: May 2004
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No fade in here.
Are you on Time Warner or ATT Partial? |
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