Google search messed up with SeaMonkey 2.49.3

[Ztruker]

They (Google) really don't care. Seamonkey is such a small footprint for them there is no incentive for them to fix anything that affects just Seamonkey.

[Mudhaid]

I applied the patch above, in about config, and now the Google search window appears to work just fine, I can enter text where it's supposed to go. BUT now Google Search isn't working right. The links appear, but when I click on them, the red stop sign on the Navigation Bar blinks, and then nothing happens, nothing loads. It's as if the website has been blocked. ALL the links do the same thing. I can click on paid advertising links and they work. I have removed all cookies for Google, and deleted Prefs.js, didn't fix it. I also upgraded to Seamonkey 2.49.4, didn't fix the problem. Any ideas?

[Ztruker]

See this thread, see if anything th3ere helps: viewtopic.php?f=40&t=3041130

[4td8s]

I'm glad I found these kinds of threads since Google started to "break" things with Seamonkey

big kudos to Ztruker, therube and Frank Lion for the tips on getting the Google search function to work properly in Seamonkey

[RrBd]

For unexperienced users who are a little afraid of about:config manipulations, the add-on "User Agent Switcher 0.7.3.1"
https://addons.thunderbird.net/de/seamo ... er/?src=ss
might be a solution.
For me that add-on works fine with SM53.1 (from 2017), and user string "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:53.1) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.53a1" in a new selectable User Agent heals the google problem.

[Anonymosity]

I am using SeaMonkey with Firefox compatibility info included in the user-agent. I just tried Google search and it worked. I go to google.ca, since I am in Canada. Does that make a difference? Does blocking Google search from using javascript make any difference?

[Psychonaut]

They (Google) really don't care. Seamonkey is such a small footprint for them there is no incentive for them to fix anything that affects just Seamonkey.

Has anyone actually tried reporting the problem to them? Every time I have contacted Google to report some apparent misbehaviour on one of their websites, I have (eventually) received a response from an actual human.

I've just started to experience the problem myself, so if no one has yet given this a try, I might.

[Frank Lion]

I might.

Be sure to let us know how you got on.

[amalgamas]

I use Semonkey 2.49.3 under ubuntu and got this problem today. I am not aware that my SM has been updated since yesterday, but this is possible. I have tried the about:config fix (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0), but the text still lands in the upper right corner of the search bar and long search text seems to be truncated. I have restarted Seamonkey and ubuntu, logged in and out of google, but nothing helps.
What to do now?

[Frank Lion]

What to do now?

Read this thread?

[amalgamas]

Yes, of course, and, as I wrote, I have applied the suggested about:config patch. What did I miss? should I uninstall and reinstall Seamonkey, or should I create a new profile?

[rainyd]

I have had similar issue with SM 2.49.4 under Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit and solution was rather easy: I've disabled Firefox compatibility in HTTP Networking (Advanced settings).

Btw, because I really like Seamonkey as browser, is even preferable for me to avoid user agent spoofing.

[DanRaisch]

Btw, because I really like Seamonkey as browser, is even preferable for me to avoid user agent spoofing.

I don't understand that. Could you explain what you mean by that?

[rainyd]

I don't understand that. Could you explain what you mean by that?

Simply I prefer to be counted as Seamonkey user rarther than Firefox one, even if I'm user of the latter since Phoenix/Firebird days.

Btw, of course I understand that SM 2.49.4 using the same Gecko engine as Firefox 52.9.0 ESR but still it's a different browser.

[Frank Lion]

What did I miss?

That Firefox 52 is now an out of date Firefox version and that other people on these threads are using a Trident override. Apart from that, not much.

should I uninstall and reinstall Seamonkey, or should I create a new profile?

Nether, reinstalling has never been an effective fix for anything on any program and a new profile in not appropriate in this case.