XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:09:38 -0500, 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?   
      
   That's a good question. I use Verizon wireless and my IP address is   
   determined by Carrier-grade NAT.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT   
      
   It varies but I've seen Denver or SLC as my 'location'. Targeted ads use   
   that location. For example if I search for something from Home Depot I'll   
   be directed to one in the Denver suburbs. Prime Video ads often feature   
   the Denver Mattress Warehouse or other businesses in that area. fwiw, I'm   
   nowhere near Denver, although I'm in the same time zone.   
      
   I don't know what odd behavior I would see if the IP pool was in Seattle.   
      
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