Firefox: Default suffix/regional

Hi,

I'm in UK and find that when I put a keyword in the address bar (not
the searchbar) Firefox invariably tries to find a ".com" URL. Is there
any way to get it to try ".co.uk" or other UK suffixes, before trying
".com.", etc.?

TIA
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Cheers!
Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM

 

type about:config in your address bar and change the value of
browser.fixup.alternate.suffix to co.uk
Hth,

Bram

 

Bram vertelde me op 13/12/2004 12:44:

Cool. Fun to learn all these little useful things by following this
newsgroup.

Basil

 

Ta very much.

However, after making that alteration - and - closing FF, I tried with
"aria" (a UK computer parts retailer), which takes me to:
http://www.aria.com.au/
rather than
http://www.aria.co.uk

Any ideas, or is this a bug, perhaps?
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Cheers!
Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM

 

Works OK here and I have bookmarked the site for future use as well
Thanks.

 

Hmm...

Re checked the entry, flushed cache and history, shut FF, re started,
tried again.....

Still going to bloody australia! Argh!
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Cheers!
Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM

 

Hey it's warmish there now isn't it? Can I join you

 

Have you got an Australian proxy server specified. Using Switch Proxy, I
get varying results depending where in the world I am supposed to be. If
I don't use a proxy, I get the uk site.

Posco

 

No proxy.
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Cheers!
Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM

 

http://www.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/domain-guessing.html

 

Despite many checks, cache and history flushes, and a complete re boot
(to see if it would help), the problem still persists. Arse!
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Cheers!
Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM