>It takes slightly longer for the browser to decide if the text is a URL or not I had the same problem which forced me to enable the search bar. But I've since

>It takes slightly longer for the browser to decide if the text is a URL or not I had the same problem which forced me to enable the search bar. But I've since discovered that if the text you entered into the search bar starts with a "?" character, Firefox immediately assumes it is a search query.