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This is to protect user privacy as explained by a Mozilla dev: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6756582 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6756582 Otherw
by brymaster 13y ago
This is to protect user privacy as explained by a Mozilla dev: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6756582 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6756582
Otherwise every keystroke you made would be sent to Google.
- sleepyhead 13y agoUhm it could just search when hitting enter. No need to autosuggest.
- mtct 13y agoThis already work. Remove the separate search bar and you are ready to go.
- sleepyhead 13y agodude! :D
- Siecje 13y agoIf you remove the bar and press Ctrl+k you are taken to google in the current tab... not cool
- orbitur 13y agoBut why would you press Ctrl+K if you've removed the search bar?
- mhurron 13y agoStuff like this is why I continue to use Firefox.
- ams6110 13y agoYou can turn autosuggest off
- work_account_2 13y agoAnd you can install Omnibar or Instantfox if you want a combined address bar and search bar.
- handsomeransoms 13y agoOr just customize the UI and remove the search bar if it bothers you so much. Right-click the toolbar in <29, click the menu button and choose "Customize" on the bottom left in >=29.
- jimmaswell 13y agoAssign keywords to different search engines. This lets you do queries like such: Type "g hello" into the url bar - googles "hello" wa integral from 0 to 1 of ln(x^4)dx - can be set to wolframalpha w France - my wikipedia one
- k-mcgrady 13y agoThanks glad to see an explanation and a good one too.