I don't mind typing the extra www. but I tried this in seamonkey 2.0.13 (linux) and it just works. I don't remember changing these settings manually (under Edit->Preferences->Location Bar) but you can specify adding www and/or com when a web page is 'not found', so I would assume they are the default.
I tested under Firefox 3.6.13 and was also presented with the vim.org home page. I read recently that like myself T. Mechelynck scrapped Microsoft Windows. Would this explain why neither of us has this problem? In any case, I haven't checked IE's behavior. I do not use Konqueror but I verified that ELinks does fails the test. On the other hand, there are so many things in Elinks that are customizable, that it would surprise me greatly if this could not be achieved via some tweak or other. I can also confirm that Google Chrome 10.6.648.151, which I think is the latest version, failed the test and I did not see where this could be customized. Maybe getting this to work requires installing yet another 'extension'. As an aside, the formulation on the Location Bar settings in Seamonkey suggests that the browser waits for the resolver to fail and detect a 'not found' condition, and then retries the query. So maybe, especially on a slow network connection, the DNS solutions discussed elsewhere are preferable from this angle. But then, since I generally find it quicker (and less overhead) to just blindly type www.vim.org (as I hear/see it) than having to mentally parse it into 'vim.org' (or other) than the fraction of a second it takes me to type 'www.', I find that it does not interfere with my working habits. Sal -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
