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by lobster_johnson 4003 days ago
To those using FF, is there a way to get an "omnibar" similar to Safari?

For example, Safari usually suggests Wikipedia articles or other useful autocompletions. FF only autocompletes from domain names, bookmarks and history, it seems. It does have a separate search input in the toolbar, but even that one doesn't do what Safari does; all the suggested autocompletes are from Google, and additional search engines like Wikipedia or Amazon require that you click on their icon to search.

There's an extension called Omnibar, but it doesn't seem to provide suggestions from other than Google, bookmarks and history.

2 comments

Firefox's URL bar is literally my favorite Firefox feature. It's quick, it searches my local history much better than Chrome, and it doesn't leak anything to the world.

If I want to search the Internet, I type in the search box.

I really do miss typing part of a domain name (often YouTube), hitting tab, and doing an on site search.

But I'll put up with whatever to support Mozilla. Their work on Firefox and Rust is some of the most important going on.