If an incomplete name is entered in the address field in a browser the
browser adds the .com TLD (Top Level Domain) by default.

What is the way to customize MS-Internet Explorer or Netscape
Navigator browser to also try another TLD (e.g. .uk)?

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Request for Question Clarification by secret901-ga on 03 Oct 2003 09:57 PDT

Hi strem94,
I think I have the solution for Internet Explorer, but because of my
computer settings, this solution doesn't seem to work on my computer. 
Please let me know whether the solution below works for you so that I
can post a more complete answer:
1) Run Registry Editor (Start->Run, type in "regedit")
2) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main\UrlTemplate
3) Edit the data in key 1 to "www.%s.co.uk"
4) Close Registry Editor and your computer.

I look forward to hearing from you,
secret901-ga

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Clarification of Question by strem94-ga on 06 Oct 2003 12:22 PDT

Hello,

I tried the changes but .co.uk sites and even .com sites did not
resolve as usual (i.e. "cnn" or "amazon" did not resolve unless full
name is completed).

Looking at the good side, these changes definitely have an effect
though.

Although, this would've been okay if it worked, I was hoping for a
more automated way - like a script, a plug-in or the like.

Please keep trying. Good luck.

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Clarification of Question by strem94-ga on 13 Oct 2003 21:17 PDT

Hi,
Thank you you for your effort. However, this is a work around for our
problem.

I guess I have to be more clear on what I am looking for, which is a
way to customise browser setting, so that a browser (primarly IE)would
also try to check .uk by default. The solution could be a change in
settings or a tool/utility that changes the browser defult behaviour
(i.e. similar to your initial suggestion of 03 Oct 2003).

Please keep trying and thank you again.

strem94-ga

Hi again strem94,
You might be interested in the Internet Explorer Quicksearch tool
provided by Microsoft.  It is a freeware downloadable at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/previous/webaccess/ie5wa.asp
(although it says it's only for IE 5.0, it also works for 6.0).  I
typically configure it so that I can search Google or various other
sites by using the address bar, but you can set it up to auto-add the
.co.uk suffix to your address, but you still have to type a specific
keyword to tell the browser that is what you want.  Here's an example
how you would set it up:
1) Open QuickSearch and Click on New
2) Enter some keyword for the shortcut, for example, "uk"
3) Choose "Custom URL" for search
4) For URL, type in http://www.%s.co.uk

After you close the program, if you need to go to a UK site (say
Amazon.co.uk), you can do so by typing in the address bar "uk amazon"
and the browser will automatically redirect you to
http://www.amazon.co.uk

Mozilla has an identical feature built into the browser.  Let me know
if this is the sort of program you're looking for and I can post it as
an answer.

secret901-ga

Hi secret901-ga,
Please find my reply in Clarification of Question on 13 Oct 2003 21:17 PDT above.

The current version of the Opera browser has such a function built in.
Go to Preferences --> Network --> Server Name Completion, and you can
enter a list of the suffixes and prefixes you want the browser to try.