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i hate how when I'm copying + pasting a url to a test or internal environment, to the browser address bar - I may have a typo in there, or an extra space. Bam!

i hate how when I'm copying + pasting a url to a test or internal environment, to the browser address bar - I may have a typo in there, or an extra space. Bam! The URL just became a google search

Liquid_Fire 6y ago
On Firefox you can disable this via an about:config setting (set keyword.enabled to false).
- jordache 6y ago
  ahh cool.. but a binary toggle is a bit to coarse. it would be nice if the input string contains a whitespace, it will perform the search engine query for you automatically, or allow some custom regex expression to determine whether to query search engine.
  - gruez 6y ago
    Or just have two text inputs[1]: one for url and one for search, rather than trying to overload two functions into one text input and trying to guess what the user wants. [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-search-bar-firefox-toolbar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-search-bar-firefox-...
    - jordache 6y ago
      oooo didn't know that setting was available!
  - clinta 6y ago
    In your search settings you can add keywords. So if you set ? as the keyword for google you can type '? foobar' into the address bar to google for foobar.
MaxBarraclough 6y ago
So I'm not the only one. It's even worse than that though, enter 'myintranetsite' and hit return, and you end up on a Google search page. Instead you have to enter 'http://myintranetsite' http://myintranetsite'
- mschuster91 6y ago
  Type myintranetsite/ instead, this is faster than http:// http:// in front.
  - paulintrognon 6y ago
    Wow, a usefull shortcut I was not aware of. Thanks.
  - londons_explore 6y ago
    As you type, the name is still being sent to Google for search suggestions with every keystroke until the final "/". If you prefix with "http://" http://", no requests are made to Google (except "h", "ht", "htt", "http", and "http:")
    - reificator 6y ago
      > If you prefix with "http://" http://", no requests are made to Google (except "h", "ht", "htt", "http", and "http:") This seems surprising to me. Can you back up this claim?
      - andinus 6y ago
        If you have search suggestions enabled then "http:" will be sent. Firefox disables them in Private Browsing mode for this reason. - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-suggestions-firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-suggestions-fire...
        reificator 6y ago
heavenlyblue 6y ago
Doesn’t browser hit suggestions API on every type stroke anyway?
- mkesper 6y ago
  This is easy to turn off, in Firefox, at least.
vimslayer 6y ago
I often have the opposite problem: I'm on Firefox and try to google "FooError: Bar happened" and instead of directing to google, Firefox prompts me to select an application to open "fooerror links".
- andinus 6y ago
  You can enable the search bar, Ctrl-k focuses on it. - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-search-bar-firefox-toolbar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-search-bar-firefox-...
prophesi 6y ago
(firstly you should set a different default search engine) It's been nice to use the Firefox setting to have a separate search bar. Your address bar will show more results from your history, which is often what I actually need. Then you can just hit the down arrow to select "Search with x" options. My only minor quip is that your default search engine will be last in the list.
- bonkabonka 6y ago
  So the latest Firefox broke that for me. It seems to front-run my URLs as I type them and if the result is a 404 it sends me over to DDG with my URL as the search. :/ Really, really obnoxious but I haven't taken the time yet to paw through about:config to see if I can turn it off.

i hate how when I'm copying + pasting a url to a test or internal environment, to the browser address bar - I may have a typo in there, or an extra space. Bam! The URL just became a google search

Liquid_Fire 6y ago

On Firefox you can disable this via an about:config setting (set keyword.enabled to false).

jordache 6y ago
ahh cool.. but a binary toggle is a bit to coarse. it would be nice if the input string contains a whitespace, it will perform the search engine query for you automatically, or allow some custom regex expression to determine whether to query search engine.
- gruez 6y ago
  Or just have two text inputs[1]: one for url and one for search, rather than trying to overload two functions into one text input and trying to guess what the user wants. [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-search-bar-firefox-toolbar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-search-bar-firefox-...
  - jordache 6y ago
    oooo didn't know that setting was available!
- clinta 6y ago
  In your search settings you can add keywords. So if you set ? as the keyword for google you can type '? foobar' into the address bar to google for foobar.

MaxBarraclough 6y ago

So I'm not the only one. It's even worse than that though, enter 'myintranetsite' and hit return, and you end up on a Google search page. Instead you have to enter 'http://myintranetsite' http://myintranetsite'

mschuster91 6y ago
Type myintranetsite/ instead, this is faster than http:// http:// in front.
- paulintrognon 6y ago
  Wow, a usefull shortcut I was not aware of. Thanks.
- londons_explore 6y ago
  As you type, the name is still being sent to Google for search suggestions with every keystroke until the final "/". If you prefix with "http://" http://", no requests are made to Google (except "h", "ht", "htt", "http", and "http:")
  - reificator 6y ago
    > If you prefix with "http://" http://", no requests are made to Google (except "h", "ht", "htt", "http", and "http:") This seems surprising to me. Can you back up this claim?
    - andinus 6y ago
      If you have search suggestions enabled then "http:" will be sent. Firefox disables them in Private Browsing mode for this reason. - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-suggestions-firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-suggestions-fire...
      - reificator 6y ago

heavenlyblue 6y ago

Doesn’t browser hit suggestions API on every type stroke anyway?

mkesper 6y ago
This is easy to turn off, in Firefox, at least.

vimslayer 6y ago

I often have the opposite problem: I'm on Firefox and try to google "FooError: Bar happened" and instead of directing to google, Firefox prompts me to select an application to open "fooerror links".

andinus 6y ago
You can enable the search bar, Ctrl-k focuses on it. - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-search-bar-firefox-toolbar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-search-bar-firefox-...

prophesi 6y ago

(firstly you should set a different default search engine) It's been nice to use the Firefox setting to have a separate search bar. Your address bar will show more results from your history, which is often what I actually need. Then you can just hit the down arrow to select "Search with x" options. My only minor quip is that your default search engine will be last in the list.

bonkabonka 6y ago
So the latest Firefox broke that for me. It seems to front-run my URLs as I type them and if the result is a 404 it sends me over to DDG with my URL as the search. :/ Really, really obnoxious but I haven't taken the time yet to paw through about:config to see if I can turn it off.