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How can I disable searching and domain guessing from the Firefox Address Bar, while keeping other features?

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Mar 15, 20268238 views
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I used to know how to configure this, but I can't seem to find it again. Here are some special features I would like to keep in the Address Bar, and some I would like to disable: To Keep: Bookmark "keyword" functionality. (i.e.: "go searchterm" = ) Bookmark and History searching. (i.e.: "SuperUser"…

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http://www.google.com/search?&q=searchterm

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Fix for: How can I disable searching and domain guessing from the Firefox Address Bar, while keeping other features?

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Go to about:config and set the following preferences to false: browser.fixup.alternate.enabled True (default): Try to fix up to False: Do not second-guess the user keyword.enabled Determines whether to use keywords True (default): Send non-URLs ente…

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