SAFE MODE

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

In Firefox Safe mode these changes are effective:

• all extensions are disabled (about:addons)
• default theme is used (no persona)
• userChrome.css and userContent.css are ignored (chrome folder)
• default toolbar layout is used (file: localstore-safe.rdf)
• Javascript JIT compilers are disabled (prefs: javascript.options.*jit)
• hardware acceleration is disabled (Options > Advanced > General)
• plugins are not affected
• preferences are not affected

TEST

Uh. This isn't an addon feature. This is built in since the early days of FF. It happens when you type something in the address bar (e.g. wanting to search by typing a word) and hitting shift+enter instead of just enter

These are the two about:config prefs that I am aware of:

browser.fixup.alternate.prefix;www. browser.fixup.alternate.suffix;.com

Yeah, thing is, that part of about:config doesn't even do much. I blanked out prefix and suffix, .enabled=false, yet it still happens with CTRL, but only with the prefix.

You need to flip the main switch:

• browser.fixup.alternate.enabled = false

You can reset the other two prefs you changed.

You may have to close and restart Firefox to make the change effective.

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-web-address-bar
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/awesome-bar-search-firefox-bookmarks-history-tabs

Tried it, didn't work at all

Tried it, didn't work at all

See:

• bug 469157#c1 - browser.fixup.alternate.enabled being set to false has no effect. domain guessing still works.

(please do not comment in bug reports
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html)

Thus CTRL+Enter is not affected by Fixup. Eh. I'm starting to think I should just download the source...