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I like the search box because the URL history autocomplete of the main URL bar is so much better in Firefox than any browser. I can type any part of a page titl
by albertsun 15y ago
I like the search box because the URL history autocomplete of the main URL bar is so much better in Firefox than any browser. I can type any part of a page title or URL (not just the start) and it goes through and finds pages from my history. I do that much more often than I search for things and so I really like having them separate.
- tomkarlo 15y agoChrome searches your history and offers the search option, without requiring a separate search box. It doesn't force you to use the start of the URL or title, either, as far as I can tell.
- albertsun 15y agoIt kind of does but it doesn't work nearly as well, at least in part because it clutters up the list of options with suggested searches.
- tomkarlo 15y agoI have a ton of search engines installed but it only does one suggested search in the list of options, as far as I can tell.
- yesimahuman 15y agoThe chrome address bar search tokenization seems much more simplistic. Something like splitting on path elements would help me match "finance" when searching through my history for google.com/finance
- mixmastamyk 15y agoI like it but it needs some optimization or throttling. Would you believe the fans on my laptop go on full blast when I type in the url bar? Annoying.
- colkassad 15y agoWhenever I switch to another browser (such as IE at work because it is mandated for 'security reasons') that is the first thing I miss. In many cases I only type one letter before getting what I want.