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   Schugo to Charlie Gibbs   
   Re: 2.53.23 is out   
   03 Jan 26 23:24:23   
   
   From: schugo@schugo.de   
      
   On 03.01.2026 23:07, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-03, Daniel70  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 3/01/2026 5:09 pm, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2026-01-03, Paul Bergsagel  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> One thing that still doesn't work is typing a request directly   
   >>>>> into DuckDuckGo's search bar.  However, a workaround is to type   
   >>>>> search parameters into Seamonkey's address bar and click the   
   >>>>> search button.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> We're moving in the right direction - the number of sites where   
   >>>>> I have to use Firefox has gone down slightly.  Good work, and   
   >>>>> a happy new year to all.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Interesting.  I have encountered no problems with DuckDuckGo.com  t   
   >>>> works as expected.  BTW I'm using MacOS 14.7.5 Sonoma M1 iMac.   
   >>>   
   >>> For me, the appearance of DDG's search bar changed, as did its   
   >>> behaviour, about a month ago.  Now if I fill in the DDG search   
   >>> bar and hit enter, Seamonkey's status bar displays "Waiting for   
   >>> improving.duckduckgo.com" and it hangs there.   
   >>   
   >> What DDG search bar?? I have DDG set up as my preferred Search Agent   
   >> (Edit -> Preferences -> Browser -> Internet Search -> Default Search   
   >> Engine) so, whenever I enter a topic I want to find out about in my SM   
   >> address bar and hit Enter, away SM goes and presents me with a group of   
   >> websites that fit  my topic.   
   >   
   > If I go straight to the DDG site (https://duckduckgo.com), I'm presented   
   > with a screen that has a search bar in the middle.  Normally I just type   
   > my search request there and off it goes.  Now, however, there are two   
   > buttons displayed above the search bar (below the DuckDuckGo logo);   
   > one is labeled "Search", while the other is labeled "Duck.ai".   
   > Neither of these buttons do anything under Seamonkey.   
      
   huh?   
      
   https://noai.duckduckgo.com/   
   https://duckduckgo.com/   
      
   search works fine with button or enter key   
      
   https://schugo.de/pix/DDG.png   
      
   SM 2.53.22 Win7/64   
      
   ciao...   
      
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