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When I open a new tab it used to open just google.com. Now it opens with https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl in the url. How do I fix this?

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Kapt
Kapt

It opens in Google, but it's not right. It's hard to highlight the address if I want to go to another page. It simply doesn't work the way it used to work

It opens in Google, but it's not right. It's hard to highlight the address if I want to go to another page. It simply doesn't work the way it used to work

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Set the URL to use the https protocol if you currently use the http protocol.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Set the URL to use the https protocol if you currently use the http protocol.

Kapt
Kapt Question owner

Kapt said

It opens in Google, but it's not right. It's hard to highlight the address if I want to go to another page. It simply doesn't work the way it used to work
Kapt
Kapt Question owner

That was it. Thank you

cor-el
cor-el
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You're welcome

Note that there are prefs to set the behavior when you click the location bar.

  • browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll
  • browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.