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I'm using Firefox as primary browser since Chrome war on as blockers and it works fine for the most part but it's quite rough around the edges my biggest grows

I'm using Firefox as primary browser since Chrome war on as blockers and it works fine for the most part but it's quite rough around the edges my biggest grows come from the omnibar, it still has a heck of a trouble guessing what's a search and what's a domain, the sorting out partial matches feels weird because bookmarks aren't prominent and there's no promotion of URLs entered Vs useless navigated toward and three default click action (append to bottom of the URL) might be fine if you are a developer but it's not for the most part what I want as a user. edit: thanks all for the suggestions edit2: imagine being so committed into a browser religion to downvote facts

ysavir 7y ago
I still keep a search bar separate from the address bar. I find it makes things much simpler. The address bar is where I can type in URLs and search through my bookmarks. The search bar is where I enter searches and can explore search history. I've never liked the idea of an "omnibar", and the dual setup has been a much better experience.
zachwood 7y ago
Instead of hitting `ctrl+l` hit `ctrl+k` (or cmd) and you get a naked search directly to your default search engine.
- _Microft 7y ago
  Search keywords are super useful if one uses more than one search frequently. (I found tabbing to the correct engine in the search bar clumsy) I have short (mostly two letters, very few with three) search commands for Google, Bing, Amazon, en/de translation search, Duden (german dictionary) Wikipedia in german and english and gaming wikis for example.
_Microft 7y ago
There are some ways to refine the results in the Firefox adress bar, in case you already know what you are looking for. I mainly use * + and % : Add ^ to search for matches in your browsing history. Add * to search for matches in your bookmarks. Add + to search for matches in pages you've tagged. Add % to search for matches in your currently open tabs. Add ~ to search for matches in pages you've typed. Add # to search for matches in page titles. Add @ to search for matches in web addresses (URLs). Edit: it looks as if one can search for the input by prepending a ? to it. This will hide any other (local) results from the omnibar, giving easy keyboard access (by direction keys) to the list of search engines at the end of the list.
- lioeters 7y ago
  Wow I didn't know about these, thanks for the info! I found the complete list documented here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplete-firefox#w_changing-results-on-the-fly https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplet...
  - _Microft 7y ago
    Yes, this must be the source that I got the list from. I have not memorised the more obscure filters and have this list sitting on my desktop for easy access.

ysavir 7y ago

I still keep a search bar separate from the address bar. I find it makes things much simpler. The address bar is where I can type in URLs and search through my bookmarks. The search bar is where I enter searches and can explore search history. I've never liked the idea of an "omnibar", and the dual setup has been a much better experience.

zachwood 7y ago

Instead of hitting `ctrl+l` hit `ctrl+k` (or cmd) and you get a naked search directly to your default search engine.

_Microft 7y ago
Search keywords are super useful if one uses more than one search frequently. (I found tabbing to the correct engine in the search bar clumsy) I have short (mostly two letters, very few with three) search commands for Google, Bing, Amazon, en/de translation search, Duden (german dictionary) Wikipedia in german and english and gaming wikis for example.

_Microft 7y ago

There are some ways to refine the results in the Firefox adress bar, in case you already know what you are looking for. I mainly use * + and % : Add ^ to search for matches in your browsing history. Add * to search for matches in your bookmarks. Add + to search for matches in pages you've tagged. Add % to search for matches in your currently open tabs. Add ~ to search for matches in pages you've typed. Add # to search for matches in page titles. Add @ to search for matches in web addresses (URLs). Edit: it looks as if one can search for the input by prepending a ? to it. This will hide any other (local) results from the omnibar, giving easy keyboard access (by direction keys) to the list of search engines at the end of the list.

lioeters 7y ago
Wow I didn't know about these, thanks for the info! I found the complete list documented here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplete-firefox#w_changing-results-on-the-fly https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplet...
- _Microft 7y ago
  Yes, this must be the source that I got the list from. I have not memorised the more obscure filters and have this list sitting on my desktop for easy access.