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by sp332 2571 days ago
It's been a while since I set up a new Firefox, but isn't the Search Suggestions feature opt-in?
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pythux 2570 days ago
No, this feature is opt-out. Just checked on a fresh profile and whatever you type in the URL triggers requests like: https://www.google.com/complete/search?client=firefox&q=quer... for each keystroke.
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icebraining 2570 days ago
What's your Firefox version? I just checked and "browser.urlbar.suggest.searches" still defaults to false on mine, and it doesn't show search suggestions.
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pythux 2570 days ago
Version 67.0 on Ubuntu, in Europe (maybe that makes a difference?). And this same preference is set to true for me in about:config.
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bradyd 2570 days ago
I'm running v67.0.1 on Windows in the US and my preference is also set to true and says it is the default.
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mintplant 2570 days ago
No, it's still opt-in. There's a prompt which asks you whether you'd like to enable search suggestions.
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pythux 2570 days ago
As said for the other comment, on my 67.0 installed on Ubuntu, from Europe (if that makes any difference), I have no prompt on new profile and the suggestions are enabled by default. Not sure if that changes per region, operating system, or other reasons to be honest.
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