Words appearing in bold and orange?
Oct 29, 2020 | 11:39 am
#1
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persistent search term
A few days ago, I searched for "traveling" in some forum or maybe thread. (Actually, I think I did. I don't recall for sure, and I certainly don't recall which forum or thread.) Today, and for the past few days, I have found posts that contain the word traveling highlighted in red. Here's an example, from UA Launches World's First Free Transatlantic COVID-19 Testing pilot program.
(If I posted that by copy and paste, the red disappeared, so I pasted it as a .png.) I have looked at the search page and the Keyword(s) field is empty. Any idea what is happening?
[Edit. That paste didn't work. But if you look at the first post of the linked thread and imagine every instance of the word traveling is red, that's what I'm talking about.]
(If I posted that by copy and paste, the red disappeared, so I pasted it as a .png.) I have looked at the search page and the Keyword(s) field is empty. Any idea what is happening?
[Edit. That paste didn't work. But if you look at the first post of the linked thread and imagine every instance of the word traveling is red, that's what I'm talking about.]
Last edited by serpens; Oct 29, 2020 at 11:41 am Reason: deleted .png that appeared as many lines of hex rather than an image
Oct 30, 2020 | 7:25 am
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Thanks for the response. I had already cleared cache and cookies; sorry I forgot to mention that. I believe I have fully restarted the computer, which would necessarily include closing and restarting the browser, since searching, but I'm not positive. i will restart this weekend, and install the new version of Firefox.
Nov 10, 2020 | 3:52 pm
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I've encountered and successfully fixed this before, and thought I posted about it, but am unsuccessful searching for it (somewhat amusing given the thread subject 
)
However my dim recollection is that it involved one of the vbseo* cookies, and if you've already deleted those, then I forget what else it might've been...
Sorry this isn't more helpful but maybe it'll provide a hint in the right direction.
)However my dim recollection is that it involved one of the vbseo* cookies, and if you've already deleted those, then I forget what else it might've been...
Sorry this isn't more helpful but maybe it'll provide a hint in the right direction.
Jun 22, 2022 | 7:04 am
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I've had that happen with search terms. For example, if I search for "home" (with or without other search terms), then "home" will be highlighted as you describe in any post for long after I've closed the search window. It's annoying. I believe that deleting FlyerTalk cookies will fix the issue (although you will need to login again). Alternatively, search for some other term that appears less frequently. The new term will be highlighted when it is in a post, but at least it will appear less frequently.
Aug 5, 2025 | 8:22 am
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Do I have a saved Search?
I use the Search function a lot. But a particular 3-word search from over a week ago seems to have been saved in my profile. Anytime I look at any post that contains any of these 3 words, those words are hightlighted/red as if I'm doing a new Search. How do I turn that off?
Aug 5, 2025 | 9:36 am
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I use the Search function a lot. But a particular 3-word search from over a week ago seems to have been saved in my profile. Anytime I look at any post that contains any of these 3 words, those words are hightlighted/red as if I'm doing a new Search. How do I turn that off?
*e.g. I swear this used to be possible in Chrome but have not been able to find it lately. So when this happens to me now, I just delete all my FT cookies (and then I have to login again)
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