It really doesn't take much effort to combine the two. e.g. https://blog.mozilla.org/theden/2013/04/17/combine-your-firefox-search-bar-and-address-bar/ https://

It really doesn't take much effort to combine the two. e.g. https://blog.mozilla.org/theden/2013/04/17/combine-your-firefox-search-bar-and-address-bar/ https://blog.mozilla.org/theden/2013/04/17/combine-your-fire... I prefer it as well, but I think it's fine as an option via extensions.