Comments on: New Firefox 3 Location Bar http://cybernetnews.com/new-firefox-3-location-bar/ Technology News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/new-firefox-3-location-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-139572 Ryan Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:59:52 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/30/new-firefox-3-location-bar/#comment-139572 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-139546" rel="nofollow">Jann wrote:</a><blockquote>With this addon you can go back to FF2 Address bar / Location bar. Not only in aspect but also in functionality!!! <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7637" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7637</a> :-D :-D</blockquote></div> Nice find, we'll have to try this out and possibly include it in next Wednesday's article on tips for Firefox 3. Thanks! Jann wrote:
With this addon you can go back to FF2 Address bar / Location bar.
Not only in aspect but also in functionality!!!

[addons.mozilla.org]
:-D :-D

Nice find, we’ll have to try this out and possibly include it in next Wednesday’s article on tips for Firefox 3. Thanks!

]]> By: Jann http://cybernetnews.com/new-firefox-3-location-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-139546 Jann Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:52:35 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/30/new-firefox-3-location-bar/#comment-139546 With this addon you can go back to FF2 Address bar / Location bar. Not only in aspect but also in functionality!!! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7637 :-D :-D With this addon you can go back to FF2 Address bar / Location bar.
Not only in aspect but also in functionality!!!

[addons.mozilla.org]
:-D :-D

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/new-firefox-3-location-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-139527 Ryan Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:48:07 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/30/new-firefox-3-location-bar/#comment-139527 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-139492" rel="nofollow">DelBoy wrote:</a><blockquote>I can see how it can be useful, but the thing is I never ever look at the title of a page, only the address; so when I see a long list of titles polluting my beloved history sorted in order of the most frequently visited pages made me think it was the progeny of Satan after about 40 mins! But thank goodness firefox does not ram it down my throat (much) so I was able to disable it via browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped and then the oldbar addon :D</blockquote></div> Personally I really like the fact that it includes the titles. It helps me differentiate between the results more quickly, especially when there are several pages that are all located at the same domain. DelBoy wrote:
I can see how it can be useful, but the thing is I never ever look at the title of a page, only the address; so when I see a long list of titles polluting my beloved history sorted in order of the most frequently visited pages made me think it was the progeny of Satan after about 40 mins! But thank goodness firefox does not ram it down my throat (much) so I was able to disable it via browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped and then the oldbar addon :D

Personally I really like the fact that it includes the titles. It helps me differentiate between the results more quickly, especially when there are several pages that are all located at the same domain.

]]> By: DelBoy http://cybernetnews.com/new-firefox-3-location-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-139492 DelBoy Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:27:59 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/30/new-firefox-3-location-bar/#comment-139492 I can see how it can be useful, but the thing is I never ever look at the title of a page, only the address; so when I see a long list of titles polluting my beloved history sorted in order of the most frequently visited pages made me think it was the progeny of Satan after about 40 mins! But thank goodness firefox does not ram it down my throat (much) so I was able to disable it via browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped and then the oldbar addon :D I can see how it can be useful, but the thing is I never ever look at the title of a page, only the address; so when I see a long list of titles polluting my beloved history sorted in order of the most frequently visited pages made me think it was the progeny of Satan after about 40 mins! But thank goodness firefox does not ram it down my throat (much) so I was able to disable it via browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped and then the oldbar addon :D

]]> By: Firefox 3 - not better browser for me « Virgo’s Naive Stories http://cybernetnews.com/new-firefox-3-location-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-138363 Firefox 3 - not better browser for me « Virgo’s Naive Stories Mon, 26 May 2008 21:18:41 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/30/new-firefox-3-location-bar/#comment-138363 [...] my post for details. Of course the problems were not the same. Sad hero in this release is “awesome bar“. While I understand why it’s so great for many, I also understand many others who hate [...] [...] my post for details. Of course the problems were not the same. Sad hero in this release is “awesome bar“. While I understand why it’s so great for many, I also understand many others who hate [...]

]]> By: Change http://cybernetnews.com/new-firefox-3-location-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-135457 Change Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:42:16 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/30/new-firefox-3-location-bar/#comment-135457 Ryan, could you email me? I don't want to pollute the comments :P (you can delete this one and my previous ones too, to clean up) Ryan, could you email me? I don’t want to pollute the comments :P (you can delete this one and my previous ones too, to clean up)

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/new-firefox-3-location-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-135438 Ryan Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:18:02 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/30/new-firefox-3-location-bar/#comment-135438 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-135375" rel="nofollow">Change wrote:</a><blockquote>Can’t edit my comment, so here’s another one: try typing “cybe rnet” in the locationbar (without the quotes). It should match but it doesn’t. It seems very arbitrary when it matches and when it doesn’t, because “cyber net” does match.. :?</blockquote></div> Yep, it all matches just fine: http://cybernetnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/cybernet%20location%20bar.jpg Change wrote:
Can’t edit my comment, so here’s another one: try typing “cybe rnet” in the locationbar (without the quotes). It should match but it doesn’t. It seems very arbitrary when it matches and when it doesn’t, because “cyber net” does match.. :?

Yep, it all matches just fine:
[cybernetnews.com]

]]> By: Change http://cybernetnews.com/new-firefox-3-location-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-135375 Change Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:13:33 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/30/new-firefox-3-location-bar/#comment-135375 Can't edit my comment, so here's another one: try typing "cybe rnet" in the locationbar (without the quotes). It should match but it doesn't. It seems very arbitrary when it matches and when it doesn't, because "cyber net" does match.. :? Can’t edit my comment, so here’s another one: try typing “cybe rnet” in the locationbar (without the quotes). It should match but it doesn’t. It seems very arbitrary when it matches and when it doesn’t, because “cyber net” does match.. :?

]]> By: Change http://cybernetnews.com/new-firefox-3-location-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-135373 Change Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:54:06 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/30/new-firefox-3-location-bar/#comment-135373 Hmm, where "news" is not in the page/bookmark title or tag? Hmm, where “news” is not in the page/bookmark title or tag?

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/new-firefox-3-location-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-135370 Ryan Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:21:47 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/30/new-firefox-3-location-bar/#comment-135370 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-135359" rel="nofollow">Change wrote:</a><blockquote>I just want to say I’ve come to love this new feature. What hasn’t been mentioned yet (unless I overlooked it) is that you can now search through your history and bookmarks this way like you would search in a search engine. For example: to go to the CyberNet Firefox article you’ve read this week (or bookmarked), you could type “cyber firefox” and it will be there immediately. Speeds up navigation a lot and you don’t have to remember the exact name or URL :D For some reason “cyber news” doesn’t work, I guess both keywords cannot be in the same word, but that doesn’t make much sense to me. </blockquote></div> I've actually started to like the new address bar as well. I'm surprised that "cyber news" doesn't work for you though because it does for me in Firefox 3 Beta 5. Change wrote:
I just want to say I’ve come to love this new feature. What hasn’t been mentioned yet (unless I overlooked it) is that you can now search through your history and bookmarks this way like you would search in a search engine. For example: to go to the CyberNet Firefox article you’ve read this week (or bookmarked), you could type “cyber firefox” and it will be there immediately. Speeds up navigation a lot and you don’t have to remember the exact name or URL :D
For some reason “cyber news” doesn’t work, I guess both keywords cannot be in the same word, but that doesn’t make much sense to me.

I’ve actually started to like the new address bar as well. I’m surprised that “cyber news” doesn’t work for you though because it does for me in Firefox 3 Beta 5.

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