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Description of the issue:
Not sure when this appeared as I am a recent user on windows but here is the problem: each time I type a valid domain name in the URL bar such as https://weeblr.com (same happens with or without the scheme), Brave does take me to the site but it thinks it knows better and opens a suggestions bar with “Did you mean to go to https://weebly.com”?
That bar is a big nuisance: it takes up screens space, can only be closed by actually clicking on the x sign which really is a pain and basically prevent using the browser for any demo or client work.
In addition:
- why would this happen when the URL is valid and can be reached?
- why would this happen when I disabled “Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar”??
Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.
Type https://weeblr.com in the URL bar and press enter.
Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
You get to the site but you also get this:
Expected result:
You just get where you want to go and no painful banner is displayed.
Reproduces how often:
100%
Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
Windows 10 pro - Brave 0.61.52
Additional Information:
Hi again
As added information, this of course does not happen in Chrome.
Best regards
This has just started happening to me also. Never happened before. I have autocomplete and all other options for storing/helping/autocorrecting disabled.
I just responded to @jollyzilla’s post a moment ago. When testing this issue on my end, going to the site example given (vive.com) I saw the same suggestion when I landed on the site, but it only displayed once and after closing it, it would only appear again upon refresh.
That said, @shumisha – Weebly.com does not display this message on my end.
I’ve reached out to the team for additional input. Thank you for your patience.
Hi @Mattches
It’s not when you try weebly.com. it happens when you try weeblr.com. As weeblr.com is the less well-known and smaller site, the suggestion keeps offering the other option.
Any suggestion should stop and be removed automatically as soon as I hit Enter. Nothing should take up space in the viewport.
Thanks for following up, kinda big issue one I would not have expected to happen in a privacy concerned software.
Regards
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Like @Mattches, I only get one notification, though it does happen on every page of the site (vive.com). MacOS 10.14.3, Brave 0.63.20 Chromium: 73.0.3683.75 (Official Build) dev (64-bit).
@Mattches @hnktong Yes, vive.com is another example. Brave suggests to go to live.com instead.
Please how can this infuriating “feature” be disabled?
Best regards
Working on it right now – I’m honestly not sure why it’s showing up now. I’ve never seen this before. I’ll try to make sure I come back and keep you updated on it.
I have this issue too. I originally noticed it when visiting https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us. It suggests going to “bing.com”. I too can confirm that going to weeblr.com like the OP also has the same problem. I thought this was a malware or virus issue before finding this thread. @Mattches, you can disregard my previous PM. I’ll wait for a resolution through this thread.
Must be this setting, right?
brave://flags/#enable-lookalike-url-navigation-suggestions
EDIT: Yes, disabling that preference prevents the suggestions from being displayed.
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@jek6094 Thanks, that fixed it for me. 
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I get this all the time on advcash.com, the browser suggests adcash.com. Quite a nuisance, and thanks for the info on how to disable this.
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