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Safari no .com keyboard in address bar?

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nStyle

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Dec 6, 2009
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Well title is self explanatory. Why did they get rid of the .com shortcut when typing in an address and is it available anywhere.. Beginning to dislike ios more and more. Slower... Less intuitive...,just dumb.
 
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Kurso

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Sep 10, 2013
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nStyle said:
Well title is self explanatory. Why did they get rid of the .com shortcut when typing in an address and is it available anywhere.. Beginning to dislike ios more and more. Slower... Less intuitive...,just dumb.
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Hold down on the .
 
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darngooddesign

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Jul 4, 2007
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nStyle said:
Well title is self explanatory. Why did they get rid of the .com shortcut when typing in an address and is it available anywhere.. Beginning to dislike ios more and more. Slower... Less intuitive...,just dumb.
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Just hold down ".".

That's what happens when you get a unified url/search field.
 
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blhoward2

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Sep 19, 2012
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nStyle said:
Well title is self explanatory. Why did they get rid of the .com shortcut when typing in an address and is it available anywhere.. Beginning to dislike ios more and more. Slower... Less intuitive...,just dumb.
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Hold down the . for a second
 
eoblaed

eoblaed

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Apr 21, 2010
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nStyle said:
Well title is self explanatory. Why did they get rid of the .com shortcut when typing in an address and is it available anywhere.. Beginning to dislike ios more and more. Slower... Less intuitive...,just dumb.
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It's actually more flexible now. Holding down the '.' key gives you the option to quickly choose any of the common TLDs, though it does default to .com, so requires no additional input from you.
 
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blhoward2

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Sep 19, 2012
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eoblaed said:
It's actually more flexible now. Holding down the '.' key gives you the option to quickly choose any of the common TLDs, though it does default to .com, so requires no additional input from you.
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I'm pretty sure you could always hold down and get the rest. Although the delay you must hold now seems reduced.
 
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