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> - The Omnibar. To this day, FF persists with the two-box model where one is technically for URLs and the other for search. No one wants that of course so sear
by javagram 7y ago
> - The Omnibar. To this day, FF persists with the two-box model where one is technically for URLs and the other for search. No one wants that of course so search basically works in the URL box. Why they don't just merge this is beyond me.
Privacy. Google doesn't worry about privacy, of course, but firefox tries to avoid sending all the URLs you ever type to google or your alternate search suggestion provider.
- mft_ 7y agoIsn't that just a bit of code to fix? if (s matches possibly valid URL pattern) then try to open it else send s to search provider
- javagram 7y agoSearches are sent as you type, so it's not really that simple. Firefox already does what you suggested when hitting enter in the default URL bar - if it's not a valid URL, it gets used as a search. FWIW, I now see search bar has been off by default in firefox for the last 2 years (still grandfathered in for legacy users like me), so I think mozilla gave up on this. https://www.ghacks.net/2017/09/09/firefox-57-search-bar-off-by-default/ https://www.ghacks.net/2017/09/09/firefox-57-search-bar-off-...
- iggldiggl 7y ago> Searches are sent as you type, so it's not really that simple. You might also very well end up with something that is not a valid URL when searching in your local history or bookmarks.