Version: (using KDE KDE 3.2.91) Installed from: Gentoo Packages Compiler: gcc (GCC) 3.3.3 20040412 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.3-r6, ssp-3.3.2-2, pie-8.7.6) OS: Irix 1.) When i start konqueror in web-browser mode, with no start page, (empty page, also no blue welcome screen) and then typing somthing in the google-search bar, then hiting enter, nothing happens. I have to load a site first, after that googling will work. 2.) When typing german umlauts in the google seaech bar, the wrong query gets evalutated, example: typing in "Bürgernetz" becomes the query: http://www.google.com/search?q=B%FCrgernetz&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 This is wrong. the correkt on should be: http://www.google.com/search?q=B%C3%BCrgernetz&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
The first bug you mention was fixed a while ago. Concerning the second complaint, if I try searching for the Bürgernetz, it searches for the second URL you mentioned. Maybe it's an error in your locale configuration.
I see the second issue too. KDE 3.3 Suse RPMs suse 9.0. Konqueror does: http://www.google.de/search?q=ferienh%E4user%20nordsee&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 whereas it should be: http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&q=ferienh%C3%A4user+nordsee&spell=1 What should be wrong with the system? I do not have any problems with umlauts in other applications.
I have the same probleme with kde4 now. kde 3.5.7 worked fine on my machine. (Gentoo) when I type "testä testü testö" in kde4 konqueror location bar (I set default search engine to google) it generates this query: http://www.google.de/search?q=test%EF%BF%BD+test%EF%BF%BD+test%EF%BF%BD&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 I tested that issue with a kubuntu kde4 from a friend and he has the same issue.