Friday, August 29, 2008

Regular Searches in Firefox 3

In Firefox 3's location bar, you want

* Regular google searches ala Firefox 2 search box

Then see


When you enter keywords in the location bar (where you normally put URLs), it does a google search and magically takes you to result #1. Sadly, the first search result is not always the one I want! You get the full-on search behavior with this tweak .

Another annoyance is "domain guessing". When you enter a single word into the location bar, firefox tries to guess what you meant. Unfortunately, it is very slow (not firefox's fault really), and makes my firefox seem like it is temporarily locked-up! Fortunately, disabling it is simple and quick.

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