XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 12/18/2025 12:09 PM, Retirednoguilt wrote:   
   > On 12/18/2025 10:14 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Adam, the IP of the end user's device, the IP of the router providing   
   > the connection to the end user's device, or the IP of the ISP?   
   >   
      
   The WAN address is what the Internet sees for your three machines.   
   For IPV4, your WAN address is all they see. 192.168.1.2 is not   
   route-able.   
      
      192.168.1.2 -- |        | WAN                                   Some web   
   site   
      192.168.1.3 -- | Router |------- 37.23.17.122 ----------------- It sees the   
   WAN address   
      192.168.1.4 -- |        |        Reverse maps to   
                                       the wrong city   
                                       half of the time   
      
   Go to:   
      
       whatismyip.com    ==> say it returns 37.23.17.122   
      
   and that will be your current WAN side IP value.   
      
   Then do in your Terminal window   
      
       nslookup 37.23.17.122   
      
   and see if the symbolic value has a city designation.   
      
   In a more naive time, the info you got from the WAN IP was   
   of some value. But the ISPs are smarter today about that   
   labeling, and they've removed city identifiers.   
      
   Computers can have more than one "location service". You   
   can also get location service software designed for spoofing.   
   Developers use such services for testing their software   
   that accesses location services.   
      
       Paul   
      
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