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What happend to the address bar prediction service?

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robro
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Hello, In Firefox 3.6 if i typed something something in the address bar, like Firefox addons, it would take me straight to addons.mozilla.com, instead of just a Google search of it, this is one the features that i really like about Firefox, but in Firefox beta 4 it doesn't work.

Hello, In Firefox 3.6 if i typed something something in the address bar, like Firefox addons, it would take me straight to addons.mozilla.com, instead of just a Google search of it, this is one the features that i really like about Firefox, but in Firefox beta 4 it doesn't work.

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You can restore this by changing a hidden preference.

  1. Type about:config into the location bar and press enter
  2. Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
  3. Locate the preference keyword.URL, double-click on it and change its value to the link shown below

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

This will set searching from the address bar to Google's "browse by name" search used in Firefox 3.6

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TonyE
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Chosen Solution

You can restore this by changing a hidden preference.

  1. Type about:config into the location bar and press enter
  2. Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
  3. Locate the preference keyword.URL, double-click on it and change its value to the link shown below

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

This will set searching from the address bar to Google's "browse by name" search used in Firefox 3.6

robro
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Thank you :)

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Efreak101
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If you don't want to mess around with about:config, There is a small, restartless addon aptly named Browse By Name that can do the job for you. Link here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/browse-by-name/

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Lozzy
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Yeah, I found this to be quite a hindrance about Fx4 too. Does anybody know the rational behind it or have a link to the bug where it was decided?