konqueror: jumps to google, when trying to sign in to website
Mark Hobley
the internet. This typically occurs if I click a signup or login button on the
website, and is occuring on several websites.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Mark.
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Michael Black
> The konqueror browser sometimes jumps to the google website, as I am browsing
> the internet. This typically occurs if I click a signup or login button on the
> website, and is occuring on several websites.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this?
>
I don't use Konqueror, but sometimes when I'm using SeaMonkey, I guess
that's what I'm using is called, I end up at google if I put in a bad
URL or something. It seems configured to do a websearch under some
conditions, I've not paid full attention so I'm vague.
But I guess that's not your problem.
I notice that sometimes when I go to comment at a blog, something related
to gmail appears, the meaning being that I could log on using a gmail
account. There seems to be other instances of that, a cross-pollination
allowing for wideer use without having to register for every little thing.
Is that what you're seeing?
Michael
Mark Hobley
> I end up at google if I put in a bad URL or something.
Yeah, that is a different scenario. I use Mozilla based browsers too, so I
am familiar with how those browsers perform. The problem that I am
experiencing in konqueror is somewhat different. If I click on a login or
signup button on a website, the browser sometimes jumps to a google page.
The same website works just fine using a Mozilla based browser, and the jump
to google does not occur.
I am going to test some other browsers.
I am hoping to migrate away from Mozilla based browsers, because the latest
versions have huge delays implemented, causing the browser to pause for
several seconds between operations.
I initially chose konqueror, because it uses a different layout engine
(webkit). However konqueror has some horrible problems such as copy and
paste bugs, this jump to google problem, problems with text selection, and a
problem disabling stylesheets.
I develop lots of web based documentation, and Mozilla Composer was my
favourite web page editing tool. However, this seems to becoming more and
more broken as time goes by, I guess due to its close ties with the browser
to which it is attached.
I have tried kompozer as a replacement (which is also buggy). It retains
some of the look and feel of Mozilla Composer, and is the closest equivalent
that I could find. I am now looking for a nice browser to go with it.
I also copy and paste between different applications, because my documents
are initally developed in other formats before being frozen as HTML pages.
> I notice that sometimes when I go to comment at a blog, something related
> to gmail appears, the meaning being that I could log on using a gmail
> account. There seems to be other instances of that, a cross-pollination
> allowing for wideer use without having to register for every little thing.
> Is that what you're seeing?
No. I don't think so. I don't use gmail here, and these websites have their
own login mechanisms.