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by unknownian 4650 days ago
>why not search in the address bar like chrome

In Firefox at least, I've learned that the regexp isn't as fast if you type a search query in the URL bar. It takes slightly longer for the browser to decide if the text is a URL or not. That's why I reenabled the search bar in Firefox (it's not required).

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>It takes slightly longer for the browser to decide if the text is a URL or not

I had the same problem which forced me to enable the search bar. But I've since discovered that if the text you entered into the search bar starts with a "?" character, Firefox immediately assumes it is a search query.