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Give me back my address bar!
3.0 dumbed-down my browser. I don't like firefox's new address bar. FF 3.0 removes one of the most valuable features of a browser -address navigation (previously thought indispensible). I know lots of web addresses, and I like typing them in and going instantly to that site. it is very direct and simple. Now when I input a specific web address, I get search results instead of going to the website. I have to click on the search results. That is very indirect, and requires several additional steps to something that was intended to be instantaneous.
Q: How do I restore the true address bar and remove the awesome bar features in 3.0
Alternatively, how do I re install the prior version of FireFox?
Q: How do I restore the true address bar and remove the awesome bar features in 3.0
Alternatively, how do I re install the prior version of FireFox?
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Inappropriate?The new Smart Location Bar adapts to your behavior. If you use it to type URLs, it will pick that up and very quickly display the most relevant results at the top of the list. Try it for a few days and soon enough you will just have to type one or two letters in the location bar to get where you want. Read more about it here: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/S...
I’m confident
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Inappropriate?NO!
I don't want search results, I want direct one-click navigation like every browser has forever, and how the internet was intended to be used. My homepage is Google. If I want to search Google, it is in the middle of my homepage. I want to go directly to a URL. This is a dealbreaker. I will uninstall Firefox if I can't get a fix for this.
Can you help?
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Inappropriate?I don't understand. If I type 'g' in my location bar, Google appears as the top result. If it's not at the top for you, click on the result you want and Firefox 3 will learn that and place it higher and higher up, eventually at the top. It learns as you go.
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Inappropriate?Awesome Bar Haters, Report Here. Solutions are in there, like the OldBar extension.
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Inappropriate?QUOTE
djst wrote:
"If I type 'g' in my location bar, Google appears as the top result."
Dude, If I type "http://www.google.com" in my location bar, Google appears as the top result of a search instead of going to Google.com. It used to just go where I intended it to go, BUT NOW IT DOESN'T!
Bernie
I’m Respectful, but getting pissed off.
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Wait a second, that doesn't sound right at all. Typing a full address in and pressing enter should go directly to that address in Firefox 3 just as it did before. Please check to see if this still happens in Firefox's own safe mode, or a new profile -
Inappropriate?I'm concerned with your motivation because I'd like to figure out what in the new behavior (that by most people is considered an improvement, since it adapts to your usage) that you don't like. This feedback is valuable for the Firefox development team so they can improve the experience.
See Thomas' response above for the quick solution if you just want to get the old behavior back.
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Inappropriate?Yes or no please.
Can I replace the Smart Location Bar with a plain old address bar; one that does not "search", but one that executes a URL command directly just like it used to?.
Don't concern yourself with my motivation. I'm stubborn. You needlessly forced me to change the way I use my computer in order to accommodate people who don't know how to navigate. I wasn't given an option. You replaced a browser that I liked with one I don't like -period.
I will settle for re-installing the previous version of FireFox.
Your help is appreciated.
Thank you,
Bernie
I’m making an informed choice: keep Firefox, or uninstall Firefox
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Did you see him tell you to read my reply, which has a link to the thread with solutions, or did you glance over it in a fit of rage?
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Inappropriate?Bugmenot,
That worked! The address bar did allow me to navigate directly to the URL in safe mode. I reset the toolbars and controls, and it works for me now. I am relieved. No need to complain anymore.
Everybody: what looked like a rude response from me is genuinely a crazy coincidence. I wrote my post including "don't concern yourself..." BEFORE djst posted his similar comment. I was editing mine when he posted. I assure you I did not see his post when I wrote that. I'm not that much of a prick. He probably saw my post before he wrote his. It posted in the wrong order because I was editing it when djst posted. Please review the thread with the two posts reversed and it won't seem so rude.
djst: I apologize anyway because it looked rude for a whole day.
Thank you everyone.
Bernie
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