[X4U] Re: Leopard Issues - Some Responses

[Jon Warms]

I'd like to thank [most of] the posters that responded to my two
Leopard Issues postings.

1) The post (and the poster) questioning whether I'm old or young is
irrelevant (and worse). The domain-guessing feature of every
previous Mac browser (that I've used) is a valuable part of the
Mac interface, and one that makes Mac easier and quicker to use
than the dark side. I hope Apple agrees with me about its
importance and restores it soon.

2) Yeah, I thought it was Verizon playing tricks. Maybe it is, but
the PowerBook running Tiger and earlier versions of Firefox and Safari
uses domain-guessing like it always did. More telling, when I
boot the MacBook into Tiger and run the older browser versions,
domain-guessing also works. Obviously, something is happening
on my MacBook, not on Verizon's network. I don't understand what;
I wish someone knowledgeable could help me.

3) BTW, I know you can add .com by using the command key, and
all the other key combos as well. Yet domain-guessing has always
worked with the return key alone.

4) The issue isn't how Verizon handles a poorly formed URL.
Domain-guessing adds the www and the dot com, so the
ISP sees a correctly formatted URL. I get the Verizon-Yahoo
search engine because the browser sends the incomplete URL
(the way I typed it).

5) Sorry to say, don't use my drive-changing as a guide for the
MacBook Pro. One reason I opted for the MB was the incredible
drive-replacement ease (Thanks, Apple). I have replaced the HDD
on a friend's MBP; it can be done, but while it's easy on the
MacBook, it's difficult on the MBP. I used the excellent guides
in iFixit.com.

6) Thanks Apple, for a great machine and an improving operating
system.