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What makes you say all URLs? If you put https://news.ycombinator.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/ in the OmniBox are you getting a Google CAPTCHA? The ser
by slowenough 7y ago
What makes you say all URLs?
If you put
https://news.ycombinator.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/
in the OmniBox are you getting a Google CAPTCHA?
The server is very busy right now and I don't want to reset it while there are so many people trying it out. When things quiet down I'll replace the default search provider in an attempt to avoid these prove-you're-not-a-robot-challenges.
For now if you want to get started with a URL in the address bar you could try another search provider such as DuckDuckGo:
https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/
- dingo_bat 7y agoI typed google.com and that took me to google search results for "google.com".
- lowercased 7y agosame here - getting captchas, and ... I got put through 7 before I gave up.
- slowenough 7y agoThis needs to be fixed asap. Right now I have no idea how to do it. FWIW I consistently get 1 CAPTCHA (usually traffic lights) and pass every time. I cannot explain the discrepancy you experience. Edit: Thinking about this, I think it is related to the User-Agent and platform pass through. When the load dies down I will test providing the same UA and navigator platform for all clients. I have a hunch that one signal CAPTCHA uses is if the UA/platform is different to the browser.