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    • guillor1
      guillor1 last edited by

      Hello, I'm trying to navigate in Opera, but when I type down the URL for some reason Opera change it, for example, I type down http://www.alibaba.com and opera change it to http://es.alibaba.com, what do I have to do to prevent that Opera change the URL that I type down?...

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        Seems to be fine here with Opera developer 26.
        🙂

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        • sgunhouse
          sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

          Opera doesn't change it, the website does. They identify that your preferred language is listed as Spanish (language code "es") and forward you to the Spanish version of the site.

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            Still the question stays, I reckon:

            <h3>Prevent change of URL

            Can you tell sites, "F*@^ off, will you!"?
            Can you tell them with your browser that they should bugger off with their trackingwisdom of what you prefer here or not?

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            • guillor1
              guillor1 last edited by

              now I'm using the developers version, and it's working fine so far, thanks to davehawley and also to sgunhouse for the info, the thing is that in Chrome the URL does not change, and I'm wondering why Opera does, but any way, thanks a lot

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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by

                Glad it's now OK.
                Strangely, the URL you were apparently being directed to, http://es.alibaba.com, doesn't actually even seem to exist!
                I had assumed it was the Spanish version of the site too, but it doesn't even seem to be that.
                🙂

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  Malicious site?
                  Check your hard, Dave*:pirate:*

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User last edited by

                    I doubt it, all the indications are that that domain simply doesn't exist.
                    🙂

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by

                      What do you mean?

                      and opera change it to http://es.alibaba.com,

                      If it's not Opera, or...
                      What's happening here!😕

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        Good question, but whatever it is, it seems to be happening with Opera 25 but not with Opera developer 26!
                        🙂

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