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I hypothesize that what you may be seeing is not actually a Chrome feature ... but an artifact of the tab-order of the Controls on the CodeProject page.
Type in 'bbc.co.uk' and then hit tab and watch what happens.
"What Turing gave us for the first time (and without Turing you just couldn't do any of this) is he gave us a way of thinking about and taking seriously and thinking in a disciplined way about phenomena that have, as I like to say, trillions of moving parts.
Until the late 20th century, nobody knew how to take seriously a machine with a trillion moving parts. It's just mind-boggling." Daniel C. Dennett
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I don't think so - the behavior is very different: when I type CodeProject.com and press tab, the address bar changes to "Search The Code Project:" and whatever you type after that uses the CP search on Articles.
BBC doesn't do that at all.
I suspect it is the Hamsters being clever little rodents, and talking nice to Google's Web crawlers.
If so, then "Well done Chris and co!"
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Hi OG,
My point was that it was not a "Chrome trick," but a result of CodeProject's own page structure. Hence the counter-example of the BBC site to give weight to the idea that the behavior had nothing to do with Chrome per se.
On my machine ... Win 8/64 ... in Chrome Version 31.0.1650.63 m ... typing in 'codeproject' in the Chrome address bar loads the site, and one tab keypress puts focus into CP's global search text-edit box, which causes the drop-down to drop.
I agree that Hamsters deserve all glory 
yours, Bill
"What Turing gave us for the first time (and without Turing you just couldn't do any of this) is he gave us a way of thinking about and taking seriously and thinking in a disciplined way about phenomena that have, as I like to say, trillions of moving parts.
Until the late 20th century, nobody knew how to take seriously a machine with a trillion moving parts. It's just mind-boggling." Daniel C. Dennett
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This feature has been in Chrome for a long time now. In fact, it automatically "learns" sites that you do searches on and saves them as search engine entries. You can create your own entries or modify existing ones by going into Settings > Manage Search Engines.
For example, instead of having to type "CodeProject.com" and then tab to type your keyword, you could change the "Search Engine Keyword" to "CP" and then you could just type CP and then tab (btw it also works with just pressing space instead of tab)
This is actually one of my most used features in Chrome and I love it
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What kind of devilry is this?... very clever trick indeed...
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As Mr Mercury said: "It's A Kind Of Magic"... 
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This is a really really old feature, from the earliest versions of Chrome, it works for all sorts of sites which have integrated search, such as Wikipedia, CodeProject, even Facebook! It's one of the reasons I like this browser so much
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It's the result of Code Project having Open Search enabled on the site. Chrome implements this feature based on the site owner adding it. BTW, it also works in any browser that supports Open Search, like IE7+ and FF2+.
You can see the XML file required to set it up here: http://www.codeproject.com/info/OpenSearch.xml[^].
It's implemented by adding a line to the head element in the page:
<link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="CodeProject" href="http://www.codeproject.com/info/OpenSearch.xml" />
So basically, kudos to Code Project for implementing it, and don't be afraid to put it into use in your own site! There's a full list of providers that support it and instructions on how to set it up yourself at http://www.opensearch.org/Home[^].
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Thanks! 
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I noticed this a while ago with youtube.com. Details on the functionality:https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95655?hl=en
As for the non-clickable links, you can highlight them in chrome, right click and you'll get a couple of options if it determine that it's a link.
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Wow! Talk about hard sell!!! Ford: lovely car but it was a struggle to get out with my sanity. I think I hurt his feelings when I told him he was putting too much pressure on us so we were going somewhere PRIVATE to talk about it! He looked so forlorn!
Lease is up on the current vehicle (a very solid but incredibly boring VW) so don't have much choice. Thinking I might just buy an older car for cash and not have to go through the hassle and pain.
Really thought the hard sell was so last century.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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As far as I know they still work on commission so I would imagine some of them would still used hard sell, but I think he misread his customer in this case.
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We bought a Toyota Corolla a few months back. The experience was fine. Lengthy of course, but there was no hard sell. I think the hardest part was my son and I convincing the wife that we should get the blue one rather than the grey.
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No, I don't like having to crouch to get into a car and much prefer the high seating position and view that I get with an SUV. Plus I'm over sports cars.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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mark merrens wrote: Plus I'm over sports cars.
Sad. So sad.
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You have to bear in mind that I spent years working on all manner of sports cars so really not that big of a deal. Prefer a nice SUV these days.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Working on? Tell me more. I used to run a small garage years ago, when mechanical engineering turned out to be a sh*t career and before I switched to software.
I did all right, but its dirty boring work after a wwile. Used to get all my trade down the pub. Mates of mates etc.
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I used to own a small auto repair shop that specialized in British and European sports cars and restoration of vintage and antique cars. Used to enjoy it - miss it still. Even kept some of my more treasured/expensive tools! It's a young man's game though I'd love to restore something. One of these days...
Did no servicing of 'ordinary' cars. All word of mouth stuff. Good little business ruined by a divorce. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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SOunds nice Mark. The kind of thing to do when you get sick of looking at f***ing computers all day. Perhaps I will take it up when I retire.
I had a Triumph Herald years ago, it was pre reg, 57 it was made. Fun car though, simple, roof off in the summer, and fun to drive. Thats the most classic I had, but the Fiat Coupe was the most impressive, a future classic for sure, and damn quick.
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Used to like Triumphs: had a few including a 1966 Vitesse. That thing could move!
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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2 liter or 1.6? The 1.6s were death traps, the old Herald rear suspension, too much power.
I seem to recall that the Department if Transport told Triumph to change the rear suspension for the 2 liter Vitesses, least it become too dangerous.
I used to love it in the Herald though, I put a 1.3 Spitfire lump in mine, that was enough. Every corner you turned into it, then corrected immediately because the back end would always come out. Great fun to drive though, a real laugh.
Cost me 10 quid from ma scrap yard, weled up the chassis, put it through an MOT, then used it for years. Broke down every few days, ,always something simple though. You could fix it with any old bits and pieces you found to hand.
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2 Liter, straight 6 with O/D. Green, of course. Cars didn't cost a lot back then!
I had a bright orange Mini 1275GT while I was at college which was great because I was able to use it for all the practical work. Boy that thing could move!!!
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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I had mates with souped up Minis, I drove one once, they are a lot of fun, like a gokart, the 1275 must have been a lot of fun to drive. I was secretly envious of the feel, but being a comitted Italiam car lover at the time, I couldnt admit it.
I always fancied putting a Spitfire windscreen and soft top on my Herlad, to make it a kind of drop top coupe and put in a decent lump, a Fiat 2 liter twin cam for example, but I got rid of it because it just fell apart from rust. Mind you, it was almost 30 years old at the time!
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