My problem with conflating search and URL is
1) 1-word searches/domains or searches involving a domain-looking piece of text throw it off.
2) cluttering my typed-URL history with search keywords.
1) 1-word searches/domains or searches involving a domain-looking piece of text throw it off.
2) cluttering my typed-URL history with search keywords.
Example I always run into:
site:news.ycombinator.com foo bar baz
Not sure how it would work if you wanted to search Amazon or something...
The address wasn't understood
Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because
the protocol (site) isn't associated with any program.
You might need to install other software to open this
address.
- If the Search Box is in the toolbar, it puts the focus in the Search Box.
- If the Search Box is not in the toolbar, it navigates to Google.com (at least when Google is selected as the default search).
Are you sure you're not getting this from an addon?
With DuckDuckGo, it's easy to prepend/append "!ddg" onto the offending text to force a search. I sometimes have to do this for arithmetic operations, the first operand of which the bar interprets as an address. For me, the small amount of extra time this takes is worth it. A unified search/URL bar, particularly with DDG's bang functionality, feels like a command line. And a command line feels like home.
"blah blah" -> Google: blah blah
"blahblah" -> attempts to find a host named blahblah
"g blahblah" -> Google: blahblah2) Bothers me to an extent but since FF ranks by usage + weights naked domains higher in the awesomebar it isn't too big an issue.