that's what i do too, disable suggestions so everything i type doesn't get sent to $searchEngine. i also make use of a few keywords for my most frequently visit

that's what i do too, disable suggestions so everything i type doesn't get sent to $searchEngine. i also make use of a few keywords for my most frequently visited sites (like 'hn' for hacker news) so that my keywords always override firefox's dynamic suggestions in case of any conflicts. i just learned about the ^ % * prefixes a few months ago, and now use them all the time.