__/ [WD10] on Saturday 17 September 2005 03:31 \__
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:21:45 +0200, Mikkel Moldrup-Lakjer wrote:
>
>> When I click on a link with a faulty repetition of http, e.g.
>> http://http://lakjer.dk/mikkel/ardiaraza.shtml,
>> Firefox redirects me to microsoft.com
>>
>> Why is that?
>>
>> Mikkel
>
> Anytime you use http://http you get Microsoft. I
> think it is because Firefox uses the "I'm Feeling Lucky" on Google to take
> you to the #1 result for "http" -- that is Microsoft. It doesn't take you
> anywhere if you use IE.
Really?? I have always wondered about that. I thought that Microsoft somehow
took control over http, which is a mistake I often make when setting up
re-directions (http already contained outside input text box).
I did know that Firefox makes use of Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky", but chose
to blame Microsoft instead. How did they get control over that term in the
first place? (H)eading (T)owards (T)oppling (P)eons? It definitely seemed
so when I ended up in their site.
http://tinyurl.com/8y4j6
Roy
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