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Re:“Bing is bigger than you think,” Microsoft boasts, at 33%... by jeltz on Monday August 21, 2017 @12:28PM (#15065702)
Ubuntu got a lot of shit for doing that with Amazon so I think they stopped doing it, and Firefox has as far as I know never done a remote search until you press enter, the suggestions in the bar are all based on local data.
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Re:“Bing is bigger than you think,” Microsoft boasts, at 33%... by sz4kerto on Monday August 21, 2017 @01:17PM (#15066020)
Firefox absolutely does run searches after you agree into it after installation.
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Re:“Bing is bigger than you think,” Microsoft boasts, at 33%... by mehs on Monday August 21, 2017 @01:33PM (#15066129)
AFAIK it doesn't on address bar but of course it does on search bar for suggestions. That's why they were keeping the two separate.
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Re:“Bing is bigger than you think,” Microsoft boasts, at 33%... by lower on Monday August 21, 2017 @01:49PM (#15066233)
There is a setting to enable suggestions also in the location bar (off by default, I think).
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Re:“Bing is bigger than you think,” Microsoft boasts, at 33%... by abrowne on Monday August 21, 2017 @01:42PM (#15066191)
But you do have to agree first. I find predictive search distracting, so I've never turned it on.
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Re:“Bing is bigger than you think,” Microsoft boasts, at 33%... by TrinaryWorksToo on Monday August 21, 2017 @01:32PM (#15066120)
At least it's opt-in though, unlike windows.
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