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Re:What happens behind the scenes when we type www.google.co... by 0815test on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @06:55PM (#20219259)
Doesn't it depend on the browser? Does Google Chrome still do that thing where if you fire the browser up and then type www.google.com in it, it actually searches Google for that string and returns a results page, instead of just browsing there?
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Re:What happens behind the scenes when we type www.google.co... by chromeguy66 on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @07:32PM (#20219521)
The behaviour of the URL bar is modifiable in most modern browsers. The default on most is automatic detection of URLs - if something looks like an URL, it's treated like one and if it doesn't, it searches your search engine of choice.
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Re:What happens behind the scenes when we type www.google.co... by pedrocx486 on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @07:01PM (#20219310)
Doesn't happen to me, at least didn't happen in a while.
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