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I'm a bit confused... I just typed "sketch" in Safari on my phone. The first suggested result was indeed skechers.com. But then I hit enter (so the total keys

I'm a bit confused... I just typed "sketch" in Safari on my phone. The first suggested result was indeed skechers.com. But then I hit enter (so the total keystrokes were "s k e t c h return") and it did a search in my default search engine for "sketch". Which is what I expected. so what am I doing that you're not?

elliekelly 6y ago
Are you using private browsing? Safari also did a search in my default search engine for me (but sketch.com was the top result on DDG). But when I turn off private browsing and type sketch it immediately sends me to skechers.com despite the fact that I wouldn’t be caught dead in a pair of their shoes and my purchase/browsing history reflects that. Odd that private browsing would impact the autocomplete behavior in that way...
- chadlavi 6y ago
  No
yial 6y ago
iPhone 10 on 13.5.1... I opened a new tab, typed in “sketch” saw Skechers.com below it, but just hit enter on the keyboard... went to Skechers.com. I’ve never purchased shoes from Skechers.com and have only bought shoes online once before. (A pair of Tevas from amazon in 2019).
xsmasher 6y ago
I can confirm the "s k e t c h return" -> skechers behavior. "s k e t c h SPACE return" got me the google search results.
- rubyfan 6y ago
  doesn’t do it for me. one difference is my default search engine is duck duck go.
  - chadlavi 6y ago
    Aha! Same here, it looks like maybe DDG vs Google is the real difference here?
    - evolve2k 6y ago
      So the hypotheses is, it’s doing a web search and google is doing an auto “I’m feeling lucky” redirect.
      - saagarjha 6y ago
        I use DuckDuckGo ;)
      - noodlesUK 6y ago
        I use ddg and I can confirm the sketch<enter> -> Skechers.com
    - codetrotter 6y ago
      iPhone X here, running iOS 13.5.1. I have Google set as my search engine in Safari. When I type sketch and press return I am taken to the Google Search results. Notably, however, I have “Search Engine Suggestions” turned off in my Safari settings, and I also have “Safari Suggestions” turned off in my Safari settings. I’ve turned them off a while back because they were more of a nuisance than a help. Maybe you and others turned those things off at some point too?
      - mrcarrot 6y ago
        I have "Search Engine Suggestions" and "Safari Suggestions" both enabled, Google as "Search Engine" and I see the same behaviour as you (typing "sketch" RETURN in safari address bar takes me to the Google search results).
    - AgentOrange1234 6y ago
      I can reproduce on an ipad, with ddg as the search engine. Neat.
- chadlavi 6y ago
  What do you get if you switch your search engine to DDG?
  - bscphil 6y ago
    I use DDG and I see the same behavior: sketch<enter> --> skechers.com sketch <enter> --> search for sketch on DDG So this is presumably not DDG specific behavior. Safari on latest Catalina macOS.
    - deleted 6y ago
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    - lancewiggs 6y ago
      DDG and I get the second response for both cases.
- tingletech 6y ago
  I get https://sketchfab.com https://sketchfab.com
- om2 6y ago
  Folks who can reproduce the "sketch" --> "sketchers.com" behavior or the "realty.com" --> "realtor.com" behavior, would any of you be willing to file the issue via Feedback Assistant (only needs a free developer.apple.com account) with a sysdiagnose and a screen recording? Then give me the FB number. I can get the Safari team to look at this, but I can't reproduce either behavior myself. Any other examples of bogus/unexpected autocomplete also welcome.
  - tidwall 6y ago
    I only use Safari and I’ve actually been on realtor.com a ton the past few days. I just punched in realty.com and it directed me to realtor.com. If I do http://realty.com http://realty.com it takes me to the correct site.
    - om2 6y ago
      Interesting! Maybe it takes a lot of visits to realtor.com to get in this state.
  - baddox 6y ago
    When I search in iPhone Safari for “sketch” I get a dictionary definition for the word as the top suggested result. Pressing “go” does a Google search for “sketch”.
  - nhf 6y ago
    Done: FB7793463. It sounds like you work at Apple? The screen recording is attached to the report.
    - om2 6y ago
      Thank you! I do work at Apple, on WebKit mostly but I'm in touch with a lot of Safari folks too.
  - wtvanhest 6y ago
    I don’t have a developer’s account, but I’m new to iPhone in the last 4 months and my phone also goes from realty.com to realtor.com. Not sure if a lack of history is for some reason causing it, or the presence of history is preventing it
ivalm 6y ago
On iPhone 11 Pro and updated Safari typing “sketch” and pressing “go” leads to sketchers website. Have to click on “google searches” to get other results.
- hazz99 6y ago
  Interesting! I have a very new iPhone 11 and it takes me straight to the google results. I wonder if the behaviour depends on your locale?
  - codetrotter 6y ago
    iPhone X here, running iOS 13.5.1. I have Google set as my search engine in Safari. When I type sketch and press return I am taken to the Google Search results. Notably, however, I have “Search Engine Suggestions” turned off in my Safari settings, and I also have “Safari Suggestions” turned off in my Safari settings. I’ve turned them off a while back because they were more of a nuisance than a help. Maybe you and others turned those things off at some point too?
    - wruza 6y ago
      I have both turned on, but cannot reproduce on ios 13. Must be 14 new shiny thing, glad I skipped the update. The amount of things that Apple improved over last 7 years is incredible, I think it’s time for them to move on.
- ViViDboarder 6y ago
  iPhone 8 it leads me to DDG search results.
ObsoleteNerd 6y ago
iPhone 11 Pro here, everything up to date, and I get the same as you. Type in "sketch" and press GO and I get the DDG results for the term "sketch". I also tried the example in the OP link and typed "realty.com" and it went to realty.com as expected. Funnily enough though, as proof that Safari suggestions are still broken despite the above examples working for me... if I now type in "sketch" again, it suggests "realty.com" as the top result. Wtf.
mjcohen 6y ago
When I keyed "sketch" into Brave on a mac, the first entry was momentarily "Sketch — The digital design toolkit". Then that was preceded by "SKECHERS® Official Site - Shoes, Boots & Clothing".
chadlavi 6y ago
And here's a video: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0xTe8fTeUgpQX6ymGcR8zputg https://share.icloud.com/photos/0xTe8fTeUgpQX6ymGcR8zputg Note this is on the iOS 14 beta
cuddlybacon 6y ago
s k e t c h takes me to a DuckDuckGo search. I’ve always been frustrated with Chrome where it always tries to force the longest URL in my history that matches the current entry.
egwor 6y ago
I wonder if this is somehow region specific. In the UK, this goes to Sketch London (a place for food)
csunbird 6y ago
I tried the behavior on both my work and personal macbook pros with safari. Work laptop does not suggest anything and searches sketch but my personal one suggests sketchtoy.com for sketch and sketch.com as a second result. Its clearly Siri hijacking the ENTER button. Edit: Just to mention, I use Firefox as my daily browser in both, so my safari does not have any history on both computers.

elliekelly 6y ago

Are you using private browsing? Safari also did a search in my default search engine for me (but sketch.com was the top result on DDG). But when I turn off private browsing and type sketch it immediately sends me to skechers.com despite the fact that I wouldn’t be caught dead in a pair of their shoes and my purchase/browsing history reflects that. Odd that private browsing would impact the autocomplete behavior in that way...

chadlavi 6y ago
No

yial 6y ago

iPhone 10 on 13.5.1... I opened a new tab, typed in “sketch” saw Skechers.com below it, but just hit enter on the keyboard... went to Skechers.com. I’ve never purchased shoes from Skechers.com and have only bought shoes online once before. (A pair of Tevas from amazon in 2019).

xsmasher 6y ago

I can confirm the "s k e t c h return" -> skechers behavior. "s k e t c h SPACE return" got me the google search results.

rubyfan 6y ago
doesn’t do it for me. one difference is my default search engine is duck duck go.
- chadlavi 6y ago
  Aha! Same here, it looks like maybe DDG vs Google is the real difference here?
  - evolve2k 6y ago
    So the hypotheses is, it’s doing a web search and google is doing an auto “I’m feeling lucky” redirect.
    - saagarjha 6y ago
      I use DuckDuckGo ;)
    - noodlesUK 6y ago
      I use ddg and I can confirm the sketch<enter> -> Skechers.com
  - codetrotter 6y ago
    iPhone X here, running iOS 13.5.1. I have Google set as my search engine in Safari. When I type sketch and press return I am taken to the Google Search results. Notably, however, I have “Search Engine Suggestions” turned off in my Safari settings, and I also have “Safari Suggestions” turned off in my Safari settings. I’ve turned them off a while back because they were more of a nuisance than a help. Maybe you and others turned those things off at some point too?
    - mrcarrot 6y ago
      I have "Search Engine Suggestions" and "Safari Suggestions" both enabled, Google as "Search Engine" and I see the same behaviour as you (typing "sketch" RETURN in safari address bar takes me to the Google search results).
  - AgentOrange1234 6y ago
    I can reproduce on an ipad, with ddg as the search engine. Neat.
chadlavi 6y ago
What do you get if you switch your search engine to DDG?
- bscphil 6y ago
  I use DDG and I see the same behavior: sketch<enter> --> skechers.com sketch <enter> --> search for sketch on DDG So this is presumably not DDG specific behavior. Safari on latest Catalina macOS.
  - deleted 6y ago
    [deleted]
  - lancewiggs 6y ago
    DDG and I get the second response for both cases.
tingletech 6y ago
I get https://sketchfab.com https://sketchfab.com
om2 6y ago
Folks who can reproduce the "sketch" --> "sketchers.com" behavior or the "realty.com" --> "realtor.com" behavior, would any of you be willing to file the issue via Feedback Assistant (only needs a free developer.apple.com account) with a sysdiagnose and a screen recording? Then give me the FB number. I can get the Safari team to look at this, but I can't reproduce either behavior myself. Any other examples of bogus/unexpected autocomplete also welcome.
- tidwall 6y ago
  I only use Safari and I’ve actually been on realtor.com a ton the past few days. I just punched in realty.com and it directed me to realtor.com. If I do http://realty.com http://realty.com it takes me to the correct site.
  - om2 6y ago
    Interesting! Maybe it takes a lot of visits to realtor.com to get in this state.
- baddox 6y ago
  When I search in iPhone Safari for “sketch” I get a dictionary definition for the word as the top suggested result. Pressing “go” does a Google search for “sketch”.
- nhf 6y ago
  Done: FB7793463. It sounds like you work at Apple? The screen recording is attached to the report.
  - om2 6y ago
    Thank you! I do work at Apple, on WebKit mostly but I'm in touch with a lot of Safari folks too.
- wtvanhest 6y ago
  I don’t have a developer’s account, but I’m new to iPhone in the last 4 months and my phone also goes from realty.com to realtor.com. Not sure if a lack of history is for some reason causing it, or the presence of history is preventing it

ivalm 6y ago

On iPhone 11 Pro and updated Safari typing “sketch” and pressing “go” leads to sketchers website. Have to click on “google searches” to get other results.

hazz99 6y ago
Interesting! I have a very new iPhone 11 and it takes me straight to the google results. I wonder if the behaviour depends on your locale?
- codetrotter 6y ago
  iPhone X here, running iOS 13.5.1. I have Google set as my search engine in Safari. When I type sketch and press return I am taken to the Google Search results. Notably, however, I have “Search Engine Suggestions” turned off in my Safari settings, and I also have “Safari Suggestions” turned off in my Safari settings. I’ve turned them off a while back because they were more of a nuisance than a help. Maybe you and others turned those things off at some point too?
  - wruza 6y ago
    I have both turned on, but cannot reproduce on ios 13. Must be 14 new shiny thing, glad I skipped the update. The amount of things that Apple improved over last 7 years is incredible, I think it’s time for them to move on.
ViViDboarder 6y ago
iPhone 8 it leads me to DDG search results.

ObsoleteNerd 6y ago

iPhone 11 Pro here, everything up to date, and I get the same as you. Type in "sketch" and press GO and I get the DDG results for the term "sketch". I also tried the example in the OP link and typed "realty.com" and it went to realty.com as expected. Funnily enough though, as proof that Safari suggestions are still broken despite the above examples working for me... if I now type in "sketch" again, it suggests "realty.com" as the top result. Wtf.

mjcohen 6y ago

When I keyed "sketch" into Brave on a mac, the first entry was momentarily "Sketch — The digital design toolkit". Then that was preceded by "SKECHERS® Official Site - Shoes, Boots & Clothing".

chadlavi 6y ago

And here's a video: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0xTe8fTeUgpQX6ymGcR8zputg https://share.icloud.com/photos/0xTe8fTeUgpQX6ymGcR8zputg Note this is on the iOS 14 beta

cuddlybacon 6y ago

s k e t c h takes me to a DuckDuckGo search. I’ve always been frustrated with Chrome where it always tries to force the longest URL in my history that matches the current entry.

egwor 6y ago

I wonder if this is somehow region specific. In the UK, this goes to Sketch London (a place for food)

csunbird 6y ago

I tried the behavior on both my work and personal macbook pros with safari. Work laptop does not suggest anything and searches sketch but my personal one suggests sketchtoy.com for sketch and sketch.com as a second result. Its clearly Siri hijacking the ENTER button. Edit: Just to mention, I use Firefox as my daily browser in both, so my safari does not have any history on both computers.