[efraim]

I have them separated in firefox because i find it superior.

[notpushkin]

Me too. I search through both URL bar and search bar, and sometimes I use the search bar as a scratchpad of sorts – very convenient IMO.

[pockybum522]

Agreed. When I go to modify my searches after clicking through a few pages and realizing I'm not getting what I need, I don't have to hit back n times until I get back to the search.

The alternative would be always opening search results in a new tab until I find what I'm looking for, but I don't need more tab clutter.

[GoblinSlayer]

I have it too, but unfortunately this only gives you two search boxes, behavior of the url bar doesn't change.

[legacynl]

I'm pretty sure that you can fully disable search in the URL bar by changing 'browser.fixup.alternate.enabled' to false