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Not everyone is understanding what you're saying, as evident by the downvotes you're getting Well also I'd like the address bar to be a fucking address bar an

Not everyone is understanding what you're saying, as evident by the downvotes you're getting Well also I'd like the address bar to be a fucking address bar and not an address-but-sometimes-search bar.

crummy 7y ago
How does the tab-to-search feature in Chrome negatively affect how you use the address bar? Are you entering URLs with tabs in them?
- grimgrin 7y ago
  It doesn’t negatively effect it. I like it I was highlighting what I missed when switching over
- deleted 7y ago
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grimgrin 7y ago
Hm, yeah, probably can't help you there Minimally you can restore the search bar, and now `ctr-k` will focus that bar, while `ctrl-l` will continue focusing the address bar HOWEVER.. if you type keywords and not a domain in the address bar, it's still gonna search. That's the rub you don't like, I suppose https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-search-bar-firefox-toolbar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-search-bar-firefox-...
mikedilger 7y ago
Here are a few firefox settings to make your URL field behave only as a URL field: user_pref("keyword.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.fixup.alternate.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.searches", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.filter.javascript", true); You can put these in a "user.js" file in your profile directory if you don't have one already, or just set them in about:config
- zizee 7y ago
  FWIW, I believe most if not all of these settings are also available under preferences | search.
- reaperducer 7y ago
  Thank you for perfectly illustrating why Firefox will not find the mainstream acceptance of other browsers.
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    Almost nobody will enable this, though.
  - vurpo 7y ago
    It's not like Chrome has an easy and user-friendly way to do the same thing. Quite the opposite: Chrome has no way at all to do this, while Firefox has a technical way to do it even if it's not obvious to most users that it's possible.

crummy 7y ago

How does the tab-to-search feature in Chrome negatively affect how you use the address bar? Are you entering URLs with tabs in them?

grimgrin 7y ago
It doesn’t negatively effect it. I like it I was highlighting what I missed when switching over
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grimgrin 7y ago

Hm, yeah, probably can't help you there Minimally you can restore the search bar, and now `ctr-k` will focus that bar, while `ctrl-l` will continue focusing the address bar HOWEVER.. if you type keywords and not a domain in the address bar, it's still gonna search. That's the rub you don't like, I suppose https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-search-bar-firefox-toolbar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-search-bar-firefox-...

mikedilger 7y ago

Here are a few firefox settings to make your URL field behave only as a URL field: user_pref("keyword.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.fixup.alternate.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.searches", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.filter.javascript", true); You can put these in a "user.js" file in your profile directory if you don't have one already, or just set them in about:config

zizee 7y ago
FWIW, I believe most if not all of these settings are also available under preferences | search.
reaperducer 7y ago
Thank you for perfectly illustrating why Firefox will not find the mainstream acceptance of other browsers.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  Almost nobody will enable this, though.
- vurpo 7y ago
  It's not like Chrome has an easy and user-friendly way to do the same thing. Quite the opposite: Chrome has no way at all to do this, while Firefox has a technical way to do it even if it's not obvious to most users that it's possible.