Comments on: OpenDNS breaking your Firefox search?

By: Skyler Wes

Skyler Wes — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:44:00 +0000

When Firefox used this as a default, they never used “I’m Feeling Lucky”, but instead “Browse by Name”, common misconception.

By: Henk

Henk — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:01:00 +0000

You wrote: “If you make the switch to using OpenDNS…”.

But I never switched to OpenDNS, in fact I’ve never heard of OpenDNS until one day when I was using Firefox 4 I searched in the adress bar and was redirected to OpenDNS, I immediately thought of some kind of (spy)ware…

By: Mike Rotch

Mike Rotch — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:09:03 +0000

Thanks for making a direct article – best one about this that I've found.

By: Mike Rotch

Mike Rotch — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:09:03 +0000

Thanks for making a direct article – best one about this that I've found.

By: inky

inky — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:18:51 +0000

Thank you so much for this – the DNS search redirect was pissing me off so much I was about to quit using firefox entirely.

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Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:17:13 +0000

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By: Paul Godden

Paul Godden — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:33:59 +0000

The default behaviour of OpenDNS, if you don’t have an account set up for your IP, is to redirect your requests. I would suggest you sign up, manage your network and untick the redirection options (Domain Typos & Enable OpenDNS Proxy)

I will write a new article today, detailing the changes, and put a link to it here.

By: martin

martin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:15:09 +0000

Thanks for a great post on this problem which I’ve just now decided to do something about. It’s not that I mind the OpenDNS search page, it’s just that I don’t want to search – I want to use the address field as a shortcut. If I want gmail, I want to type just gmail and be taken to the proper URL. It’ll save me a click and a little typing and as I mainly work with web apps in the daily work, that makes all the difference.

I tried your fix and now have the custom URL you suggested assigned like this: keyword.URL:http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=

However, it doesn’t seem to bring back my old beloved behavior, and I still land on the OpenDNS search page, when I type gmail (instead of going to gmail). I’ve tried restarting the browser with no luck. Do you have any idea if this workaround was obstructed somehow?

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:15:18 +0000

I think you’ll find it’s one of the most searched for gripes with OpenDNS. I understand OpenDNS needs to fund itself somehow, and I have no problems with an ad-supported business model. However, I (and I’m sure a lot of other people) would like to “opt-out” of this scheme in the options somewhere.

As regards the Google comment, that’s fine, but I go to Google if I want to search.

By: David Ulevitch

David Ulevitch — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:06:34 +0000

We’re always working on improving the search results page. Curious what you find so horrible about the search page. I think you’ll find the results are similar to Googles.