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Software => Internet browsers => Topic started by: jamie009 on October 10, 2009, 08:30:35 AM

Title: firefox
Post by: jamie009 on October 10, 2009, 08:30:35 AM

You know how you have like your search box when you go to like yahoo and you start typing and it pops up a little box underneath with stuff you've searched before or typed before.. how do you make it stop doing that?

Title: Re: firefox
Post by: jamie009 on October 10, 2009, 08:43:53 AM

PC:
Custom Built
MS Windows xp Pro
version 2002
service pack 3

AMD Athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core processor 3800+
2.00ghz, 2gb ram

Title: Re: firefox
Post by: Karnac on October 10, 2009, 09:20:01 AM

whoops.... sorry....had IE info

Title: Re: firefox
Post by: Broni on October 10, 2009, 11:42:54 AM

Those suggestions don't come form Firefox, but from Yahoo.
Turn it off:

(http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p4415613.gif)

Title: Re: firefox
Post by: jamie009 on October 10, 2009, 01:21:35 PM

well its just not yahoo.. its like websites also.. a while back had a thing pop up askin if i wanted to turn it on.. and i clicked no i guess u call it like a little suggestion box from stuff you've typed before.. its on all my sites.. like the usernames ive used and stuff.

Like i can click on the search here and it pops up a list of everything thats been searched on a search bar

Title: Re: firefox
Post by: jamie009 on October 10, 2009, 01:30:30 PM

this is what i mean this little box but it does it for every site that i log into with the infomation that ive used before.

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Title: Re: firefox
Post by: Broni on October 10, 2009, 01:39:03 PM

Same with Google.
On Google main page, click on Search Preferences and:

(http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p4415637.gif)

Title: Re: firefox
Post by: jamie009 on October 10, 2009, 01:41:32 PM

will i have to do that with everysite? i mean when i started using firefox again it asked if it wanted me to have it do that and i clicked no.. cant turn it off on firefox at all? and btw.. how do you do a image like that when u reply

Title: Re: firefox
Post by: jamie009 on October 10, 2009, 01:44:05 PM

(http://C:\Documents and Settings\JDAWG\My Documents\cvbfdg.gif)

Title: Re: firefox
Post by: jamie009 on October 10, 2009, 01:49:07 PM

hey. nevermind i figured it out.. hada change the remember form and search history in firefox.. thanks though.. u can still tell me how to do the img on here if you dont mind tho :) thanks

Title: Re: firefox
Post by: Broni on October 10, 2009, 02:10:14 PM

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figured it out.. hada change the remember form and search history in firefox

That's for searching form FF search window, or main bar.