I recently updated to FF 9.0.1. I am on a macbook running lion. Since the update, I can no longer type just mozilla or cnn without having to type the whole address. How do I fix this?
I was able to fix this issue on the last update of FF in the console of FF. Now I am unable to find the command that allows the browser to automatically find the address I am looking for. I know it is not "Autofill". What happens is, I type just "mozilla" or "cnn" and it takes me to my isp's search. Instead of taking me to the most likely site.
Here is where it takes me - http://dnssearch.rr.com/index.php?origURL=http%3A//mozilla/&r=
Can anyone help?
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Type about:config in the Location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key. When you see a warning, click I'll be careful, I promise! button.
- Preferences that have been modified are shown as bold (user set).
- Preferences can be Reset to the default or changed via the right-click context menu.
-> In the Filter bar, type keyword.URL
- Right click the preference keyword.URL and click Reset
- OR choose Modify -> Replace the text with http://www.google.com/search?q= and then click OK
-> In the Filter bar type keyword.enabled
- right-click on keyword.enabled and click Reset
-> In the Filter bar, type browser.search.selectedEngine
- right-click the preference browser.search.selectedEngine and choose Reset from the menu
-> Close the about:config tab and then Restart Firefox.
Check and tell if its working.
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Type about:config in the Location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key. When you see a warning, click I'll be careful, I promise! button.
- Preferences that have been modified are shown as bold (user set).
- Preferences can be Reset to the default or changed via the right-click context menu.
-> In the Filter bar, type keyword.URL
- Right click the preference keyword.URL and click Reset
- OR choose Modify -> Replace the text with http://www.google.com/search?q= and then click OK
-> In the Filter bar type keyword.enabled
- right-click on keyword.enabled and click Reset
-> In the Filter bar, type browser.search.selectedEngine
- right-click the preference browser.search.selectedEngine and choose Reset from the menu
-> Close the about:config tab and then Restart Firefox.
Check and tell if its working.
That "fix" may not work completely or all the time. Road Runner has been re-directing failed DNS requests for almost 3 years now.
http://slashdot.org/story/08/02/26/1741253/roadrunner-intercepting-domain-typos
There's a hyperlink in that article about setting a pref with RR to opt-out of that "service".
mha007, I used your info the fix the issue I have. In addition to that, I also got still got pushed to road runner DNS search. But at the top of that page, there is a grey'd out link that says "Why am I here?" So I clicked on it and had to opt out of their settings. Disabling their preferences. Here is a copy of the page:
http://dnssearch.rr.com/prefs.php
Thanks for the help. And thank you the-edmeister for your input. All of which was very helpful.