[nzlug] Firefox 3: Smart URL Handling... how to turn off?

Robin Sheat robin at kallisti.net.nz
Sun May 25 13:18:30 NZST 2008


On Sunday 25 May 2008 10:47:26 Mark Foster wrote:
> Yes, its a nice widget, but I dont know if I want every aspect
> of every url I enter sent through to a search engine for processing as I
> enter it (!).

I think you misunderstand how it works. It's basically gone from just 
searching in your history for the URL part that you've entered, to including 
page titles in that also. It doesn't send anything to a search engine.

Once I got used to it, I think I prefer the new behaviour.

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