XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Retirednoguilt   wrote:   
   >On 12/17/2025 4:23 PM, Schugo wrote:   
   >> On 17.12.2025 22:18, micky wrote:   
   >>> In alt.comp.software.firefox, on Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:32:28 +0100, Schugo   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 15.12.2025 04:42, micky wrote:   
   >>>>> It's gone away already, so it's clearly not that important, but i win11   
   >>>>> and Firefox, what would make my the text I type in the url/search field,   
   >>>>> start at the right end of the search box?  It's happened before, maybe   
   >>>>> in win10.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I have a right to left alphabet installed but the letters are   
   >>>>> English/Latin.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Using Firefox and Windows 11.  I don't know which is confused.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Have you set a RTL Language as default in Settings/General/Language?   
   >>>   
   >>> No, it's English.  That's the Display Language. and ENG was showing in   
   >>> the taskbar, and spellcheck is in English throughout Windows.  And it   
   >>> went away after an hour or less.  Very strange, I think.   
   >>   
   >> Some stupid websites use Geolocation to determine the language   
   >> and ignore your browser's default language.   
   >>   
   >> Maybe that't the case.   
   >>   
   >> ciao..   
   >>   
   >   
   >Couldn't a geolocation error be overcome by going to the appropriate OS   
   >setting, turning off geolocation, and forcing the OS to use the specific   
   >location that the user can specify?  Then reboot and see where the   
   >system "thinks" where it is.   
      
   It's based on the IP address.   
      
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