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Sure that's great, but that should either be separate from the address bar or at the very least shouldn't be so 'default' for lack of a better term, that just c

Sure that's great, but that should either be separate from the address bar or at the very least shouldn't be so 'default' for lack of a better term, that just clicking without thinking activates that behaviour. For people like yourself that use it to its full advantage I won't argue that is a good feature. For the majority of people trying to make a simple search, it doesn't seem so helpful. I feel like default behaviour should be broadly helpful, while specifically helpful behaviour should be easily accessible but not so easily accessible that a mindless click triggers it.

freehunter 6y ago
It used to be two different lines in the address bar in Firefox. Then Chrome came along with the omnibar and people liked it so it stuck.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  At least Firefox still lets you put back a dedicated search box
  - WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
    On my Firefox 79, if I pop open a new tab, 1) the cursor is refocused from the search box to the URL bar and 2) the URL bar is a search box (even if search-in-url-box is successfully disabled in not-new tabs). Even better, the option to set new tab to a webpage is gone. The only choices are the Firefox default page or a blank webpage. Normally this wouldn't be a problem. I'd just try one of the dozen of known tweaks to about:config or userChrome.css and defeat this behavior. Except none of them impact this. Again, this is only for a new tab.
    - yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
      Ew, yeah, that's a pain. FWIW, and as a workaround and not any sort of defense of FF breaking itself: You could, from an existing page, type what you want in the search box, then middle-click (or ctrl+click) the search button, which opens the result in a new tab. Again, you shouldn't have to do this, but it seems like it'd patch your workflow.
      - WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
        In the end I opted for an extension - it redirects a new tab to a web page of my choosing. The action is a bit distracting but it happens fast enough that it's not a bother. I'll note it was the 2nd extension I tried. It may be some onerous Firefox security measure needs to be bypassed & the first extension hadn't managed it yet.
- numpad0 6y ago
  It used to be two different boxes in Opera. Early Firefox or IE didn’t have a search box.
  - wyattpeak 6y ago
    Firefox 1.0 had a search box, see the screenshot at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_early_version_history#Firefox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_early_version_history#...

freehunter 6y ago

It used to be two different lines in the address bar in Firefox. Then Chrome came along with the omnibar and people liked it so it stuck.

yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
At least Firefox still lets you put back a dedicated search box
- WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
  On my Firefox 79, if I pop open a new tab, 1) the cursor is refocused from the search box to the URL bar and 2) the URL bar is a search box (even if search-in-url-box is successfully disabled in not-new tabs). Even better, the option to set new tab to a webpage is gone. The only choices are the Firefox default page or a blank webpage. Normally this wouldn't be a problem. I'd just try one of the dozen of known tweaks to about:config or userChrome.css and defeat this behavior. Except none of them impact this. Again, this is only for a new tab.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
    Ew, yeah, that's a pain. FWIW, and as a workaround and not any sort of defense of FF breaking itself: You could, from an existing page, type what you want in the search box, then middle-click (or ctrl+click) the search button, which opens the result in a new tab. Again, you shouldn't have to do this, but it seems like it'd patch your workflow.
    - WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
      In the end I opted for an extension - it redirects a new tab to a web page of my choosing. The action is a bit distracting but it happens fast enough that it's not a bother. I'll note it was the 2nd extension I tried. It may be some onerous Firefox security measure needs to be bypassed & the first extension hadn't managed it yet.
numpad0 6y ago
It used to be two different boxes in Opera. Early Firefox or IE didn’t have a search box.
- wyattpeak 6y ago
  Firefox 1.0 had a search box, see the screenshot at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_early_version_history#Firefox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_early_version_history#...