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Filter to block Google Suggest
Sep. 17, 2008, 06:26 PM
Post: #16
RE: Filter to block Google Suggest
(Sep. 14, 2008 03:49 PM)ProxRocks Wrote:  name i trust? NOT...

i "trust" Microsoft much more than i do Google Big Teeth

You're not alone Wink
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Oct. 15, 2008, 01:08 PM
Post: #17
RE: Filter to block Google Suggest
Google Suggest filters are no longer working. To make it worse, there is no "close" button at the right hand bottom of Google Suggest list with Sidki's filters and Kye-U's Google Suggest filters. I can close the suggestions by clicking in the general vicinity of the list, but the moment I type another letter the suggestions appear again.

If I switch to Proxo default filters from 2003, then I have a close button and can close the suggestions and they don't reappear for that search no matter how much more I type in the search field.

Disabling the two filters from Kye-U does not make Sidki's filters give me back that close button! This is worse than having Google Suggest when I at least had a close button and now there is none and Google Suggest pops up repeatedly as I type, close it, pops up when I type more, etc.
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Oct. 15, 2008, 01:55 PM
Post: #18
RE: Filter to block Google Suggest
It seems they added more bulk to the code, so the bytes limit was too small (it was 256 when the actual bytes count was around 305), so I've increased it to 512:

Code:
[Patterns]
Name = "Disable Google Suggest v1.2"
Active = TRUE
URL = "$TYPE(htm)([^.]+.|)google.[^/]+"
Bounds = "$NEST(<script,</script>)"
Limit = 512
Match = "*google.(y|xjs_ready)(=|.)*"
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Oct. 16, 2008, 04:31 AM
Post: #19
RE: Filter to block Google Suggest
I wonder if it would be easier to just eliminate the added crud that's between /body and /html.
Personally I don't think scripts (or anything else) should be after /body.

Also it may be worthwhile to do something about the input autocomplete="off". Then people who choose to would have their own browser showing a history of searches.

Sorry to offer only suggestions, I'd love to offer filter code ... if only I could.
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Oct. 20, 2008, 08:21 AM
Post: #20
RE: Filter to block Google Suggest
Thank you. It works great. Smile!
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Oct. 24, 2008, 07:29 PM
Post: #21
RE: Filter to block Google Suggest
I was studying how http header filters work, and watching the http log window i had the idea. This works for the search bar of firefox

Code:
[HTTP headers]
In = FALSE
Out = TRUE
Key = "URL :0_4 Kill suggestions from google (Out) {ln}090224"
URL = "suggestqueries.google.\w/"
Replace = "$LOG(wKilled google suggestions)\k"

Note: I will not use it, i only wrote it because i remembered this post. So it isn't tested.
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Aug. 15, 2009, 02:46 PM
Post: #22
RE: Filter to block Google Suggest
Google suggest is showing again on Firefox 3 on Vista. Kye-U's last filter still works fine on Fx 1.5 on XP Pro but it no longer works on Fx3 (I don't have 3.5 and don't plan to get it for some time). I HATE that Google suggest. That's just as nauseating as Fx 3's "awesome" bar.
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Aug. 15, 2009, 06:15 PM
Post: #23
RE: Filter to block Google Suggest
On firefox 3.6a1 when i right click on the search bar i can disable "Show suggestions", i think you can in ff3 too.
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Aug. 16, 2009, 07:09 AM
Post: #24
RE: Filter to block Google Suggest
Well, well ...the preference in Firefox 3's about:config had gotten switched back to default which is to show the suggestions.

Something happened to this Vista virtual machine recently because UAC got turned on. That was one of the first things I turned off after I installed Vista. I have no idea how it got turned on again. A couple of other odd things but not odd like in malware infection. Besides, I have Avira on it, ZAPro and am trialing Malware Defender so I don't think Malware is on here changing some settings.

Anyhow, as soon as I set the "browser.search.suggest.enabled" preference to "false" I didn't see any more suggestions.
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