Browsers adding www. and .com to server address automatically

Question

In my company, we access some databases through a local server, through firefox/chrome/safari, by using a URL of the format:

http://server_name:port/path

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Answer 1

I never had an issue with this until Firefox 14. The answer I found to the problem from the last couple years is:

1. In the Location bar, type about:config and press "Enter"

   • The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. "Click I'll > be careful, I promise!", to continue to the about:config page.

2. In the Search field, type "browser.fixup.alternate.enabled"

3. Double-click the "browser.fixup.alternate.enabled" preference to set its value to false.

This seems to have worked for people, but not for me. After searching through the config I found browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled. I turned this off and it did the trick. So if the previous doesn't work, try:

1. In the Location bar, type about:config and press "Enter"

   • The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. "Click I'll > be careful, I promise!", to continue to the about:config page.

2. In the Search field, type "browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled"

3. Double-click the "browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled" preference to set its value to false.

Edit: disabling browser.urlbar.autoFill instead of autocomplete also fixes the issue while still showing suggested results from your history.

Answer 2

If you just type server_name into the search/url bar the browsers try to be helpful and guess what the URL should be or switch to a search. However if you click on a HTML link, enter the full URL (http://server_name), or use a bookmark the browsers should respect what was entered.

Answer 3

If all the suggestions found here and elsewhere on the interweb don't work (like they did not for me) check your proxy settings if inside corporate environment.

I had to manually set proxy - it did not take the global settings. Options - Network - Settings - 'Automatic proxy configuration url' fixed it for me.