Comments on: The wrong way to search Google in Firefox

By: Sharmin

Sharmin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:35:58 +0000

Using keywords for searches solves all problems. Who uses quick search boxes anymore?

By: James Somers

James Somers — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:46:54 +0000

This should actually work just fine–it does on my system, with Firefox v3.5.2. Maybe upgrade?

By: James Somers

James Somers — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:36:25 +0000

True. I actually really like that feature, so it's yet more reason for me to use the search bar. Of course some people hate it, in which case it's not a bad idea to dedicate their "quick" bar to it.

By: Moayad

Moayad — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:40:28 +0000

In fact, there is a difference between searching Google using the address bar and the Search-engines bar. The address bar uses, sometimes, the “I’m Feeling Lucky” feature of Google, so if you type, say, “Microsoft” in the address bar, you’ll find yourself redirected immediately to Microsoft homepage, rather than just search Google for “Microsoft”.

By: l0nwlf

l0nwlf — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:34:58 +0000

Well what about typing a single word in address bar. It search for http://word and hence error ! For ex. typing ‘pee’ in address bar gives ‘While trying to retrieve the URL: http://pee/‘ .. however ‘pee google’ works.