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Bizarre search behavior using Firefox - only shows results from March 2009
April 9, 2025 at
10:16 AM
Starting last night, search behavior using FireFox became bizarre. I am getting only March 2009 results, no matter what I search for or how I choose filters. I can reset FF to remove all add-ins, dump SD cookies, re-login, and I get proper search results, though with a much different looking GUI. As soon as I change a filter, the GUI goes back to normal, but the search results then only contain threads from March 2009.
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https://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?s
I get only March 2009 results, and something becomes corrupted such that then searching for "oil" also produces only March 2009 results. Indeed this AM after turning on my PC, I replied to a saved search email - prior to any other site activity - and got the March 2009 results. Perhaps the corruption persisted in the browser (or wherever) since last night's visit.
https://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?s
Can you please clarify what you mean by emailed search links? If it's easier, please feel free to forward an example to [email protected]
Can you please clarify what you mean by emailed search links? If it's easier, please feel free to forward an example to [email protected]
The suggested bookmark edit fixes the problem when first landing, but any change to Date or Rating filter returns the problem again. This seems to be related to searching on an empty search field. I'm trying to return all results that match the filter settings, without specific keyword. Is there a wildcard that will do this?
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For now, there are a couple of workarounds - you can either remove the searchin=all& from the link, or the easiest way is under Search In (at the top of the filter list) choose "Title and First Post Only" instead of "All"
For now, there are a couple of workarounds - you can either remove the searchin=all& from the link, or the easiest way is under Search In (at the top of the filter list) choose "Title and First Post Only" instead of "All"
I just found another detail that may help. When landing on the 2009 results via my bad bookmark, it's only the lower search box (next to the filters list) that creates the problem. The same search from the top box (which appears defaulted to Deal Forums), does not.
I think I created confusion with the search results email comment. I can't reproduce any problem when entering the site via that email link. Subsequent searches from that window are OK, while those from the still-open bookmark-accessed window will still turn up 2009 results.