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In Chrome, for example, if you type "maps" in the address bar, it will autofill to "maps.google.com", which then redirects to the correct URL, "google.com/maps". Initially, it doesn’t do this, but if you do it repeatedly, Chrome eventually learns and sends you directly to that URL when you type "maps". The same happens with "gmail" or even just "gm", which redirect to "gmail.com" or "mail.google.com". Does Firefox have this kind of feature?

I think I browsed a reddit thread from a few years ago asking this same problem having something to do with autofill frequency which doesn't work, because the actual url is not, in the example of maps, maps.google.com and the url I want to enter redirects to it.

Hello, I would like to know if the suggested in the URL bar have an expiration date, because sometimes they reset and the suggested that appeared first the day before no longer appear.

Alternative search engines no longer appear when typing the stasrt of a search. Am able to set alternative search engine in settings but need to go back to settings if I want to use another one. This happened after a recent update - perhaps as much as a week ago.

Before upgrading to Firefox 140, I would always quickly switch between my default DuckDuckGo and alternative search options, like Wikipedia, using the up and down arrows. I would just type the search term in the address bar and then tap the down key a couple of times before pressing enter if I wanted to use a different search engine.

The new address bar no longer seems to offer this option. I see I can still select alternative search engines using the mouse, but pressing the down key no longer lets me select them.

Is it possible to re-enable this way of quickly switching between search engines using the keyboard?

With the latest update I get search suggestions in the search bar. I want to use my bookmarks. How can I turn off this feature?

In the example, I typed dict and got dictionary.reference.com, while the bookmark I wanted was just ductionary.com. Thank you.

Google suggestion in Firefox's address bar keep showing Japanese suggestions even though I chose English and Canada as language and location with my google account.

I use same google account with google chrome, but google chrome doesn't show Japanese suggestion.

As for setting on Firefox, I unticked other than "show search suggestions".

How do I resolve it?

Thank you.

Why do I have search results of pages inside my adress bar, that I almost never use?

This goes mainly for Reddit.com and Tagesschau.de, as im from germany this seems really strange?

The site mentioned is newssite (Tagesschau.de) controverial at best and I never use it. I have no idea why its there, in 1 year I probably got redirected to there without knowing twice.

So it cant be the most used sites iam on, especially if there is reddit too. I dont have an account and do not use the site. Since when does firefox has Ads in their adress bar?

What is this and how do I get rid of it? I doubt that it is one of the most used sites in germany, it cant be for alot of simple reasons. Age of the userbase does not fit with the Internet User group. 50% of the country does not like them (tagesschau page). Germany is in the IT Darkages except the tech savvy youth and generation 1980 to this day. This newsgroup is targeted towards an older generation and is still heavily invested in TV not the Internet. As it is statemedia its also highly out of touch with the current more internet focused generations, so I doubt that its because they generate traffic or anything else.

Is there a way do blank all search results on default? And I would really like to know how this page got there.

The Address Ba" apparently honors abbreviations of * (for search within Bookmarks only) and ^ (for search within History only). Just about every reference, in Firefox Help, seems to equate the Search Bar with the Address Bar. So, I would expect that the Search Bar would honor said abbreviations. But, it does not. Isn't it supposed to?

Configuration: Firefox Desktop, v138.0.4

Hello, as the title says. The help page is no help as features descibed do not exist. Take a look at the screenshot aswell.

What I did already:

Turned suggestions off. Removed the url from history and bookmarks + "forget about this site". DEL & SHIFT+DEL. Right click. There are no 3 dots to open a context menu. (contrary to what is stated on the help page)

I work for the Gwinn Area Community Schools, and this is my work computer. (As in, it has never been used for anything 'adult') I searched the term "call" in the search bar, and one of my suggestions was a little dicey. Yelp suggested, "call girl in Gwinn, MI" I just wanted to make sure you guys were aware, in case there are more edge cases like this that could be a lot worse. I would like to continue supporting Mozilla's funding initiatives, but I'm going to have to turn off sponsored suggestions if I get results worse than this.

I just made this Mozilla account to file this, so I was not signed in when this happened. I have searched call very frequently, as I am often adding students to our "call down" list. Not sure if the frequency would have had an impact. Happy to answer any other questions if needed!

Again, I don't think this one's a huge deal, but definitely something to keep an eye on! Thank you for all your work on the hands down best browser!!

On Gmail some mails are not listed by search even if keyword is included. I search all messages based on the email. The global search listed only 3 messages even if I can find 5 emails in a directory (Gmail tag but in my case the folder has been created with Thunderbird). As an information Gmail build 3 discussions (same title) with 5 messages as in the same time Thunderbird show me only 3 messages then listed under list form. "5 on 5" are announced on the preview but only 3 listed on the list view ("Afficher les résultats sous forme de liste") My current release is 128.10.0esr (64 bits) on Windows 11.

With search suggestions turned off and browser history completely cleared (all check boxes for all time), Firefox suggests AP News (apnews.com) when I click the search bar. This started kind of recently, though I'm not sure what version triggered the change. I'm not sure how to submit a bug report, so I'm posting here.

My google search suggestions aren't working in the firefox awesome bar. Search suggestions are turned on. Opening the console gives this error, "SearchSuggestionController found an unexpected string value: Non-200 status or empty HTTP response: 403" I've tried using troubleshoot mode, making a new profile, etc. I still can't get it to work.

Every time I carry out a search (on Google or on DuckDuckGo), after I have my Google or DDG results I find a tab has been created with Britannica offering a result for the search. I never installed Britannica and I don't want it to appear - I want to remove Britannica from my system altogether. But I don't have a Britannica app in my Settings list of apps and I never intstalled it. It's like a virus. Can anybody help me to get rid of it?