Comments on: Should your mom use Google search? http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2009/07/should-your-mom-use-google-search/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=should-your-mom-use-google-search The Applied Theorist's Point of View Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:29:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nina Zumel http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2009/07/should-your-mom-use-google-search/comment-page-1/#comment-875 Nina Zumel Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:10:15 +0000 http://www.win-vector.com/blog/?p=221#comment-875 Article about malicious ads placed on popular sites. This is why you don't want your browser clicking for you: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/09/23/urnidgns852573C4006938800025763A0081022C.DTL Article about malicious ads placed on popular sites. This is why you don’t want your browser clicking for you:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/09/23/urnidgns852573C4006938800025763A0081022C.DTL

]]> By: jmount http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2009/07/should-your-mom-use-google-search/comment-page-1/#comment-480 jmount Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:04:41 +0000 http://www.win-vector.com/blog/?p=221#comment-480 <a href="#comment-479" rel="nofollow">@mlenz </a> Wow, I knew you had some patents on "remote configuration" while at Netscape- was that related to this? @mlenz Wow, I knew you had some patents on “remote configuration” while at Netscape- was that related to this?

]]> By: mlenz http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2009/07/should-your-mom-use-google-search/comment-page-1/#comment-479 mlenz Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:30:48 +0000 http://www.win-vector.com/blog/?p=221#comment-479 By the way, I invented about:config while at Netscape. I don't know anything about prefetch or other shenanigans. Thank you. By the way, I invented about:config while at Netscape. I don’t know anything about prefetch or other shenanigans. Thank you.

]]> By: jmount http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2009/07/should-your-mom-use-google-search/comment-page-1/#comment-213 jmount Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:14:20 +0000 http://www.win-vector.com/blog/?p=221#comment-213 So to turn prefetch off in Firefox- do the following: Start Firefox. Type "about:config" into the address bar and press return. Press the "Yes I am sure button." Type "prefetch" in the new filter bar. Right-click on "network.prefetch-next" and select "toggle" on the menu to change the value from true to false. So to turn prefetch off in Firefox- do the following: Start Firefox. Type “about:config” into the address bar and press return. Press the “Yes I am sure button.” Type “prefetch” in the new filter bar. Right-click on “network.prefetch-next” and select “toggle” on the menu to change the value from true to false.

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