[i am yujin]

Okay, I want to go to let's say, the MacNN forums.

i type in http://fo

and the first thing that SHOULD come up is the original link, http://forums.macnn.com

INSTEAD

some random link comes up such as

http://forums.macnn.com/newthread.ph...amp;forumid=82

For example.

Why the hell does it do this!?!??!

This is so fuggin annoying. It's such a b!tch always having to delete everything after .com.

[gorickey]

[Love Calm Quiet]

I don't know what the autofill algorithm is but I'm guessing it's based partly on your most RECENT address (in testing it mine was exactly the one in your example - the forum I last clicked in my memu bar).

Uh... well, no. I just tried it my using http://forums.macnn.com After going to it, it did NOT become the first option.

Anyway, it's not too annoying to me because I just just the down arrow on keyboard to get into the list of options... then the uparrow and it quickly zips up to the top item - which was naturally... http://forums.macnn.com

[codywalton]

I agree that the shortest address should be the first one to appear. The longer ones should be in the drop down list.

[i am yujin]

Originally posted by Love Calm Quiet:
I don't know what the autofill algorithm is but I'm guessing it's based partly on your most RECENT address (in testing it mine was exactly the one in your example - the forum I last clicked in my memu bar).

Uh... well, no. I just tried it my using http://forums.macnn.com After going to it, it did NOT become the first option.

Anyway, it's not too annoying to me because I just just the down arrow on keyboard to get into the list of options... then the uparrow and it quickly zips up to the top item - which was naturally... http://forums.macnn.com

The shortened form isn't even showing for me...

SO i have to manually go and click on where I have to delete.

[mindwaves]

It is based on your most used url starting with that letter. Try it.

[Stradlater]

yeah, it's the URL you visit the most, it's actually pretty handy if you know how it works

[i am yujin]

Nope that isn't it.

I try to go to versiontracker.com but the first thing that pops up when i type in http://www.vers is some random link that i went to once.

i must have typed in www.versiontracker.com like five times to get it to work but nope.

[3R1C]

Originally posted by i am yujin:
Nope that isn't it.

I try to go to versiontracker.com but the first thing that pops up when i type in http://www.vers is some random link that i went to once.

i must have typed in www.versiontracker.com like five times to get it to work but nope.

You are unequivocally correct. It works exactly as you describe. this is a flaw. Even though this is the case, this thread will quickly be populated with replies to the contrary.

[i am yujin]

Damn, so there isn't like a fix for this?

[nredman]

that is pretty annoying...i just use the bookmarks bar to access sites instead of typing them in thats easier for me

[King Bob On The Cob]

If you accidentally throw a bookmark in somewhere it uses those before everything too.

[i am yujin]

This has been fixed in 1.2!!

[ginoledesma]

The behaviour I've noticed for Safari on my iBook is that it is displaying the most-frequently-used URL. For example, I visit the forums daily but I always hit the iBooks forum the most. Everytime I type in the first few words of the URL, Safari auto-completes it to the iBook forum.

[saranwarp]

It <i>generally</i> shows the most-visited URL with whatever letters you started with, but not all the time. I'd suggest just using LaunchBar, then you don't have to worry about it at all.