I don't think this is an issue with Surrogates, and I don't think this is a problem with NoScript.
I think this is a problem with the google search engine.
Lurion ... try to reproduce this issue using some other search engine besides google (I tried Yahoo). I think you will see that with other search engines, the actual link you get will be the one shown in the search results.
barbaz ... here are steps to reproduce the problem that Lurion described ...
1. Use the google search engine and search for something (for example, search for: twitch
2. You will see a google search results page. The top item should show the link "Twitch". Under the link "Twitch", you will see this: "
https://www.twitch.tv".
3. Hover your mouse over the link "Twitch" and the Firefox status bar (bottom of the Firefox window)
will show this (the actual URL): "
https://www.twitch.tv"
4. Now, hold down the CTRL key and click the link that says "Twitch".
(holding down the CTRL key causes the link to the opened in a new tab)
5. You will go to the Twitch page (in a new tab).
6. Use your mouse to click the previous tab (with the google search results).
7. Hover your mouse over the link "Twitch" and the Firefox status bar (bottom of the Firefox window)
will show this (actual URL): "
https://www.google.xx/url?q=https://www.twitch.tv/&s ..."
It appears that opening a google search result in a new tab causes the link's actual URL to be changed in the original google search results page!!
This
did not happen when I opened the google search result using the same tab (i.e., when I
did not hold down the CTRL key when clicking the link) ... and this
did not happen when I used a different search engine besides google. This
did happen when I used the Chrome browser with the google search engine, and I opened the link in a new tab.
So I don't think this problem has anything to do with NoScript. I think that this is a problem with the google search engine when a link is opened in a new tab.
Your thoughts?
I don't think this is an issue with Surrogates, and I don't think this is a problem with NoScript.
I think this is a problem with the google search engine.
Lurion ... try to reproduce this issue using some other search engine besides google (I tried Yahoo). I think you will see that with other search engines, the actual link you get will be the one shown in the search results.
barbaz ... here are steps to reproduce the problem that Lurion described ...
1. Use the google search engine and search for something (for example, search for: twitch
2. You will see a google search results page. The top item should show the link "Twitch". Under the link "Twitch", you will see this: "https://www.twitch.tv".
3. Hover your mouse over the link "Twitch" and the Firefox status bar (bottom of the Firefox window)
will show this (the actual URL): "https://www.twitch.tv"
4. Now, hold down the CTRL key and click the link that says "Twitch".
(holding down the CTRL key causes the link to the opened in a new tab)
5. You will go to the Twitch page (in a new tab).
6. Use your mouse to click the previous tab (with the google search results).
7. Hover your mouse over the link "Twitch" and the Firefox status bar (bottom of the Firefox window)
will show this (actual URL): "https://www.google.xx/url?q=https://www.twitch.tv/&s ..."
It appears that opening a google search result in a new tab causes the link's actual URL to be changed in the original google search results page!!
This [u]did not happen[/u] when I opened the google search result using the same tab (i.e., when I [u]did not hold down the CTRL key[/u] when clicking the link) ... and this [u]did not happen[/u] when I used a different search engine besides google. This [u]did happen[/u] when I used the Chrome browser with the google search engine, and I opened the link in a new tab.
So I don't think this problem has anything to do with NoScript. I think that this is a problem with the google search engine when a link is opened in a new tab.
Your thoughts?