Comments on: Change Address Bar Search Behavior In Firefox http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/29/change-address-bar-search-behavior-in-firefox/ A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: maureenhttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/29/change-address-bar-search-behavior-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-1359024 maureen Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:28:48 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7293#comment-1359024 thanx yahoosux! i have my answer.It's http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q= I actually want Google to associate a website with the name, so that "entering CNN or NEWS would load the CNN website" thanx yahoosux! i have my answer.It’s
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
I actually want Google to associate a website with the name, so that “entering CNN or NEWS would load the CNN website”

]]> By: maureenhttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/29/change-address-bar-search-behavior-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-1359021 maureen Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:15:08 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7293#comment-1359021 "Removing the gfns=1 variable from the query (and one of the & chars) would turn that query into a normal Google search that would display the search results all the time." Please I want the original string complete with the gfns=1 variable and the & chars not this one http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&q= “Removing the gfns=1 variable from the query (and one of the & chars) would turn that query into a normal Google search that would display the search results all the time.”

Please I want the original string complete with the gfns=1 variable and the & chars not this one
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&q=

]]> By: yahoosuxhttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/29/change-address-bar-search-behavior-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-1347041 yahoosux Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:53:09 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7293#comment-1347041 Nevermind, I'm just an idiot. Nevermind, I’m just an idiot.

]]> By: yahoosuxhttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/29/change-address-bar-search-behavior-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-1162002 yahoosux Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:26:25 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7293#comment-1162002 I copied the string you provided, http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&q= into my keyword.URL and it didn't change anything. There's still no "Browse By Name" or "Awesome Bar" functionality.. fail. Why not show it like this: http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q= Most users have no idea where to insert "gfns=1" and "The value of the parameter contains the Google search string that is responsible for the Browse By Name search. Removing the gfns=1 variable from the query (and one of the & chars) would turn that query into a normal Google search that would display the search results all the time." may as well be latin to most people. I copied the string you provided,
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&q=
into my keyword.URL and it didn’t change anything. There’s still no “Browse By Name” or “Awesome Bar” functionality.. fail.

Why not show it like this:
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

Most users have no idea where to insert “gfns=1″ and
“The value of the parameter contains the Google search string that is responsible for the Browse By Name search. Removing the gfns=1 variable from the query (and one of the & chars) would turn that query into a normal Google search that would display the search results all the time.” may as well be latin to most people.

]]> By: Teknovis » Firefox Configuration Settingshttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/29/change-address-bar-search-behavior-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-1110429 Teknovis » Firefox Configuration Settings Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:06:18 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7293#comment-1110429 [...] Change URL search behaviour so that it returns the normal Google results (see Change Address Bar Search Behavior In Firefox) [...] [...] Change URL search behaviour so that it returns the normal Google results (see Change Address Bar Search Behavior In Firefox) [...]

]]> By: Darwin Award Winnerhttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/29/change-address-bar-search-behavior-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-893679 Darwin Award Winner Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:13:45 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7293#comment-893679 thanks it worked like a charm, I'm trying to get firefox more "chrome" like....but with firefox nice features. thanks it worked like a charm, I’m trying to get firefox more “chrome” like….but with firefox nice features.

]]> By: Tiffanyhttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/29/change-address-bar-search-behavior-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-864914 Tiffany Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:44:07 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7293#comment-864914 Thanks for this tip! I had been using Google Chrome on my Windows PC at work and I desperately missed the combined address/search bar functionality at home on my Mac. This is a great fix until Chrome is available for Macs. Thanks for this tip! I had been using Google Chrome on my Windows PC at work and I desperately missed the combined address/search bar functionality at home on my Mac. This is a great fix until Chrome is available for Macs.

]]> By: John From Berkeley » links for 2009-06-19http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/29/change-address-bar-search-behavior-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-833003 John From Berkeley » links for 2009-06-19 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:38:51 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7293#comment-833003 [...] Change Address Bar Search Behavior In Firefox (tags: firefox browser tips hacks search) [...] [...] Change Address Bar Search Behavior In Firefox (tags: firefox browser tips hacks search) [...]

]]> By: David Gazarianhttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/29/change-address-bar-search-behavior-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-661085 David Gazarian Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:01:28 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7293#comment-661085 Nevermind, i changed my mind. Its probably best anyways to let my kids go through my gay porn stash... i guess i should go and download some more. thanks! Nevermind, i changed my mind. Its probably best anyways to let my kids go through my gay porn stash…

i guess i should go and download some more. thanks!

]]> By: David Gazarianhttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/29/change-address-bar-search-behavior-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-562761 David Gazarian Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:58:01 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7293#comment-562761 I set Firefox to erase Private Data every time I exit, yet when I re-open Firefox there are still certain sites that appear in the search bar when I begin to type an address. How is it doing this, and how can I make it stop? I want my kids to stay off of certain sites and I've created Hosts files already, but I'm sure you know there are several ways around that. What should I do? I set Firefox to erase Private Data every time I exit, yet when I re-open Firefox there are still certain sites that appear in the search bar when I begin to type an address. How is it doing this, and how can I make it stop? I want my kids to stay off of certain sites and I’ve created Hosts files already, but I’m sure you know there are several ways around that. What should I do?

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