Turn Off Google Safe-Search

[Ramchu]

What am I missing here ?
I have had Safe Search turned off in like forever and have never gone to the settings page
as most of you are discussing.
I have always set it from the search page - now every time that I clear my history -Cache -Cookies
I have to set it to off again but it stays off until I clean everything out again.
And yes I get all of the information and images that your mother never wanted you to know about
 
 

[ternor]

I do not see that option on the Google search page.  If people do not want to use the "no filtering" search engine, you can add this tag to your search bookmark: '&safe=off'.

[parnote]

I do not see that option on the Google search page.  If people do not want to use the "no filtering" search engine, you can add this tag to your search bookmark: '&safe=off'.

Seems that adding "#hl=en&safe=off" isn't compatible with Google's new interface that's in open beta. Adding the safe mode switch causes the Google interface to revert back to the older style -- which is fine, as far as I'm concerned. I thought I'd point that out, just in case it mattered to anyone.

The full URL for the address with safe mode turned off is: http_://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off (remove the underscore after the "http" and before the ":").

parnote

[ternor]

The url I have been using is https:// www. google.com/webhp?complete=0&safe=off  That opens the page without anything else in the url bar and gets google.com instead of google.com.au  This url also works: https:// www. google.com/webhp?safe=off as does this: https:// www. google.com/webhp?hl=en&safe=off

[Just17]

The question is not how to do an individual search with safe mode off, but how to set that setting permanently.

Even using one of the above URLs, a view of Search settings reveals that Safe Search is still set to Moderate.

[Just17]

What am I missing here ?
I have had Safe Search turned off in like forever and have never gone to the settings page
as most of you are discussing.
I have always set it from the search page - now every time that I clear my history -Cache -Cookies
I have to set it to off again but it stays off until I clean everything out again.
And yes I get all of the information and images that your mother never wanted you to know about
 
 

So what is different about your install? 

I am using 32 bit KDE and for some reason the cookie is not being saved -- or if it is then it is not being used, as even if I set the slider to 'Off', save and close the settings, open the Settings again, the slider is back to Moderate.   

regards

[Ramchu]

I also am using the 32bit KDE PCLinux
I get it now, you are using the home/main google page.
I search mostly from the search bar next to the address bar in firefox.
But still after entering a search you have the option to toggle the safe search to off.
I don't know about yours but after I set it to off, the setting is retained here,even
when I search from the google home/main page.

[Bald Brick]

How Google handles cookies seems to be a complete mess.

In Opera everything seems to work as it should. Safe search remains inactive and my language preferences are remembered.

In Konqueror my settings were remembered after I specified that cookies from www.google.com and www.google.fi should be accepted. Strangely enough just ticking "Accept all cookies" was not enough. Interestingly Google's configuration page uses an older layout in Konqueror than in my other browsers.

My 32 bit version of Chromium crashes immediately when I start entering anything in the address bar. (Being mainly an Opera user I was quite unaware of this until I stumbled upon this thread.) Nevertheless, in my 64 bit setup Chromium does remember the Google settings. It appears to forget them, as the Safe search slider jumps back to the center, but the settings really used are the last ones I actually saved.

Firefox forgets everything. I did manage to change the language of Google's UI, but only by changing my preferred language for all pages Firefox displays, while my Google settings (including the filtering preferences) are forgotten the next time I use Google in Firefox - in spite of Firefox being set to accept all cookies.

[djohnston]

I am using 32 bit KDE and for some reason the cookie is not being saved -- or if it is then it is not being used, as even if I set the slider to 'Off', save and close the settings, open the Settings again, the slider is back to Moderate.   

Hardcode the "&safe=off" into the URI in your bookmark. It's the only way I could figure out how to make it work consistently. Google main page advanced search I have set to

https:_//encrypted.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en&safe=off&lr=all

and images page set to

https:_//encrypted.google.com/advanced_image_search?hl=en&lr=all&safe=off

(without _ in URI)

[Ron Ritzman]

Seems that Google realises its failings and wants users to change models....

Regards, Dave....

Safesearch behaves just as stupidly in Chrome. Plus you get the added treat I mentioned earlier, no way to move tabs below the address bar, along with Google's snotty attitude about it.

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=44106#c59

I like Chromium very much, but that tab thing started driving me nuts. It has also driven me back to Firefox, which I find much improved in the latest version.

Yes, it's "snotty" but ironically, I prefer "honest snot" to hypocritical civility and bedbug letters.  (thank you for your input, your views are important to us etc.)  The Chromium developers gave a similar response to requests for a master password. Their position seems to be "this is what we're offering take it or leave it". That being said, it is unfortunate that they are giving more credence to some nameless "design experts" then they are to feedback from those who actually use their software.

It also demonstrates the drawback of using "bug tracking software" for feature requests. It blurs the difference between a "bug" (something that's broken) and an intentional design decision. Also, I never liked the term WONTFIX as is suggests that "yes something is broken but we refuse to fix it". IMHO a better tag for closing such "bugs" (sic) without action is AINTBROKE.

[Just17]

Also, I never liked the term WONTFIX as is suggests that "yes something is broken but we refuse to fix it". IMHO a better tag for closing such "bugs" (sic) without action is AINTBROKE.

WONTFIX from what I read is a recognition there is a bug, but it will not be fixed in the present version of whatever software.

It should be expected to be fixed in a later version.

It is not the same as AINTBROKE.