Re:When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to real...
by ianferrel on Thursday June 25, 2020 @07:25PM
(#23646938)
I don't think people are misreading your post as approving of the bug. What people are responding to is your suggestion of a workaround: "If you visit the realty.com site directly..."
And the question is: How do you visit the site directly if typing the domain name into the url field doesn't take you there. Your workaround either doesn't work or needs more explanation.
Re:When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to real...
by codezero on Thursday June 25, 2020 @07:30PM
(#23646974)
Whoa, thanks for that perspective.
That was NOT meant to be a recommended workaround, that is absurd, so thanks for the downvotes folks!
I was pointing out that after doing that, the default UX behavior leading to the “bad” website no longer happens, indicating it is all about UX and not a DNS thing, or other weird Safari bug.
If you look at the list of items that appear below his typing, the “Top Hit” is “realtor.com” - I am saying that this is reading the typing as a search, and not as a domain. It’s a bug imo that the domain isn’t considered first.
I think it came across as if I’m saying this is correct behavior, I’m not, I’m saying it’s following the UX available, it’s not a nefarious trick to redirect to a competitor. It’s still damaging and needs to be fixed.