Address bars ten years ago were used to enter website addresses, and that was it. Address bars today get fancy names like awesome bar, one bar or omnibox to highlight that they provide a lot more than just the ability to enter and load urls in the browser. For Firefox, the address bar is called [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox: Add HTTP Back To Address Bar
Mozilla recently made a few changes to the Firefox web browser that I personally do not like that much. One of the things that the developers changed recently is the way website urls are displayed in the address bar. HTTP websites no longer show up with the protocol http:// in front. Another change is that [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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How To Change The Default Firefox 4 Address Bar Search Engine
I have removed the search form from the Firefox 4 interface in an effort to minimize the user interface of the browser. When I need to search I either load a search engine’s website right away or enter a search term in the Firefox address bar and use the search engine that’s being used by [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Display Link Targets In Firefox With Hidden Status Bar
You may or may not have read that the Mozilla development team has removed the status bar from the Firefox browser in the latest nightly builds, just like Microsoft did in Internet Explorer 9 Beta, and Chrome did for god knows how long. Unlike Chrome or Internet Explorer, the Firefox developers have made the decision [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 10
Increase Firefox Address Bar Font Size
Most web browsers have some features to change the layout of the web browser and some elements on the websites that get loaded. This includes changing the font sizes of the pages that are visited which is very helpful for users who prefer or require the font sizes of the websites to be bigger. What’s [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Remove Selected Bookmarks From The Firefox Address Bar
Firefox tries automatically to match the domain name or keyword that a user enters in the Firefox address bar. It compares the text entered with the browsing history and bookmarks for example. One thing that I noticed lately was that some of the bookmarks that were displayed in the address bar were no longer of [...]