There was a time when I used to search for things in the title bar without being annoyed. There was a time when I didn't want to blow Firefox away. But now, every time I do a search on the title bar Firefox says "would you like to go to...?". It's annoying, and I don't know how to disable this. The worse part is that if you type "wilderssecurity" it will say "would you like to go to wilderssecurity?" but it doesn't take me here, in fact this feature is so stupid it does the same thing for every search. Here, let me show you what I'm talking about: https://i.imgur.com/M1MVBjU.png
Which version of Firefox? I'm on v44 (direct from Mozilla). I see this. Not very annoying.http:///home/vasa1/Desktop/Screenshots/Feb27192903.png
https://i.imgur.com/M1MVBjU.png I have my Firefox configured to not store anything, neither history, cookies, or search and form.
I don't see this at all. I also tried a clean profile, setting Firefox as you have set and making DuckDuckGo the default for search engine. Using 44.0.2 on Slackware64-current. Maybe this is specific to openSUSE?
In Firefox Tools>Options>Privacy, at the bottom, untick all suggestions for the Location bar. That should get rid of the suggestions, I don't get any. Bo
amarildojr, here is another reason why I don't see any suggestions or questions from Firefox as I type something in the Location bar. Looks to me that in my case, setting Firefox to never remember history its really what gets rid of what is annoying you. You should untick Show search suggestions in Location bar results. Bo
Hi, Bo! What you posted works for me. I don't mind seeing my own history so I'm turning it back on. Single user. No one else in the room, ever
I'm tempted to reply "no, you obviously don't have your firefox configured to..." but although I suspect you've just overlooked one (or three) of the various prefkeys involved in accomplishing the goal, it's also possible that you are a victim of some other influence (could be the case if "experiments.enabled" is set true, or if ubuntu (cough) ENHANCEMENTS are at play).
I think I only saw this behavior in openSUSE's Firefox. Iceweasel on Arch Linux didn't have this behavior AFAIK.
Finally found the answer. Go to "about:config" and search for "keyword.enabled". Toggle it from True to FALSE. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1026085
Strange. I just checked that setting, it's set to "true" here. No issues with that annoying prompting. I even went as far a installing OpenSUSE in VirtualBox still no prompting. <scratching head>
@chrisretusn More insteresting things: I'm getting that thing on Debian as well. Here are my Iceweasel's settings: https://imgur.com/a/CYc7P
I installed Iceweasel on Arch not long ago. I think there was something like a pop-up the first time I typed something in the urlbar asking me if I would like these suggestions you are talking about. Of course, I said no and since then it never showed again. So I guess you must've clicked on "yes" by accident. I guess you can get rid of this "feature" pretty easily. Just take a look at the "about:config" typing in the word "search". There are several fields like "browser.urlbar.userMadeSearchSuggestionsChoice" which says "true" in my case but nothing about my choice. Another adjustment can be made to "browser.urlbar.suggest.searches" which is set to "false" in my Iceweasel. You could search a little further or just try out one of these settings. Edit: Sorry, I didn't notice that the problem's already solved.
Try as I may, I cannot get Firefox to ask me "Did you mean to go to ...?" Even tried in OS X. Unless I type the proper URL in the Location Bar it does a search with the chosen search provider. Typing widlerssecurity results in a search, wilderssecurity.com goes the the URL.
@chrisretusn check to see that the value for the following preference is set to true: "browser.urlbar.unifiedcomplete"
@chrisretusn what about "experiments.enabled" & "experiments.supported"? are they set to true as well?
Thanks for that! I have Code: extensions.ui.experiment.hidden;true . Should that be turned off as well?
It can't be, I'm not the kind of user who would pass over such feature without realising it Will do that right now. browser.urlbar.userMadeSearchSuggestionsChoice did nothing for me. Says false on mine too.. This was the behavior I had 2 weeks ago. Now, if I type "wilderssecurity" it will do the search on my preferred engine, but it will also aks me "did you mean to go to wilderssecurity?". But this suggestions NEVER work, it's a dumb feature for Firefox. All were enabled for me. Disabling them didn't get rid of the feature. Here's my vendor.js file (Iceweasel's preferences): Code: // Use LANG environment variable to choose locale pref("intl.locale.matchOS", true); // Disable default browser checking. // pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); // Don't disable our bundled extensions in the application directory pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 11); pref("extensions.shownSelectionUI", true); // Disable "alt" as a shortcut key to open full menu bar. Conflicts with "alt" as a modifier pref("ui.key.menuAccessKeyFocuses", false); // Disable the GeoLocation API for content pref("geo.enabled", false); // Make sure that the request URL of the GeoLocation backend is empty pref("geo.wifi.uri", ""); // Disable Pocket and make sure that the request URLs of the Pocket are empty pref("browser.pocket.enabled", false); pref("browser.pocket.api", ""); pref("browser.pocket.site", ""); pref("browser.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey", ""); pref("browser.pocket.useLocaleList", false); pref("browser.pocket.enabledLocales", ""); // Disable Freedom Violating DRM Feature pref("browser.eme.ui.enabled", false); pref("media.eme.enabled", false); pref("media.eme.apiVisible", false); // Default to classic view for about:newtab pref("browser.newtabpage.enhanced", false); // Override add-on signing pref("xpinstall.signatures.required", false); // Poodle attack pref("security.tls.version.min", 1); // Don't call home for blacklisting pref("extensions.blocklist.enabled", false); // Disable plugin installer pref("plugins.hide_infobar_for_missing_plugin", true); pref("plugins.hide_infobar_for_outdated_plugin", true); pref("plugins.notifyMissingFlash", false); //https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaSource //pref("media.mediasource.enabled",true); //Speeding it up pref("network.http.pipelining", true); pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true); pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 10); pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0); // Disable third party cookies pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 1); // Prevent EULA dialog to popup on first run pref("browser.EULA.override", true); // disable app updater url pref("app.update.url", "http://127.0.0.1/");" // Set useragent to Firefox compatible //pref("general.useragent.compatMode.firefox", true); // Spoof the useragent to a generic one pref("general.useragent.compatMode.firefox", true); // Spoof the useragent to a generic one pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux x86_64; rv:44.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/44.0"); pref("general.appname.override", "Netscape"); pref("general.appversion.override", "44.0"); pref("general.buildID.override", "Gecko/20100101"); pref("general.oscpu.override", "Linux x86_64"); pref("general.platform.override", "Linux x86_64"); // Privacy & Freedom Issues // https://webdevelopmentaid.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/customize-privacy-settings-in-mozilla-firefox-part-1-aboutconfig/ // https://panopticlick.eff.org // http://ip-check.info // http://browserspy.dk // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fingerprinting // http://www.browserleaks.com // http://fingerprint.pet-portal.eu pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true); pref("privacy.donottrackheader.value", 1); pref("dom.ipc.plugins.flash.subprocess.crashreporter.enabled", false); // pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false); // pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false); //pref("services.sync.privacyURL", "https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/"); pref("social.enabled", false); pref("social.remote-install.enabled", false); pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false); pref("datareporting.healthreport.about.reportUrl", "127.0.0.1"); pref("datareporting.healthreport.documentServerURI", "127.0.0.1"); pref("healthreport.uploadEnabled", false); pref("social.toast-notifications.enabled", false); pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false); pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false); pref("browser.slowStartup.notificationDisabled", true); pref("network.http.sendRefererHeader", 2); pref("network.http.referer.spoofSource", true); //http://grack.com/blog/2010/01/06/3rd-party-cookies-dom-storage-and-privacy/ //pref("dom.storage.enabled", false); pref("dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled",false); pref("network.prefetch-next", false); pref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", true); pref("network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer", false); pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false); // Do not tell what plugins do we have enabled: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/firefox-dev/2013-November/001186.html pref("plugins.enumerable_names", ""); pref("plugin.state.flash", 1); // Do not autoupdate search engines pref("browser.search.update", false); // Warn when the page tries to redirect or refresh //pref("accessibility.blockautorefresh", true); pref("dom.battery.enabled", false); pref("device.sensors.enabled", false); pref("camera.control.face_detection.enabled", false); pref("camera.control.autofocus_moving_callback.enabled", false); pref("network.http.speculative-parallel-limit", 0); // Crypto hardening // https://gist.github.com/haasn/69e19fc2fe0e25f3cff5 //General settings //pref("security.tls.unrestricted_rc4_fallback", false); //pref("security.tls.insecure_fallback_hosts.use_static_list", false); //pref("security.tls.version.min", 1); //pref("security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation", true); //pref("security.ssl.treat_unsafe_negotiation_as_broken", true); //pref("security.ssl3.rsa_seed_sha", true); //pref("security.OCSP.enabled", 1); //pref("security.OCSP.require", true); //Disable unnecessary protocols //pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_sha", false); //pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_md5", false); //pref("security.ssl3.rsa_des_ede3_sha", false); //pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha", false); //pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_rc4_128_sha", false); // https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Disable_DHE // Avoid logjam attack pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false); pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha", false); pref("security.ssl3.dhe_dss_aes_128_sha", false); pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_des_ede3_sha", false); //Optional //Perfect forward secrecy // pref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_256_sha", false); //Force TLS 1.2 // pref("security.tls.version.min", 3); // Disable channel updates pref("app.update.enabled", false); pref("app.update.auto", false); pref("font.default.x-western", "sans-serif"); // Preferences for the Get Add-ons panel pref ("extensions.webservice.discoverURL", "https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/GNU_IceCat"); pref ("extensions.getAddons.search.url", "https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/GNU_IceCat"); // Mobile pref("privacy.announcements.enabled", false); pref("browser.snippets.enabled", false); pref("browser.snippets.syncPromo.enabled", false); pref("browser.snippets.geoUrl", "http://127.0.0.1/"); pref("browser.snippets.updateUrl", "http://127.0.0.1/"); pref("browser.snippets.statsUrl", "http://127.0.0.1/"); pref("datareporting.policy.firstRunTime", 0); pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionPolicyVersion", 2); pref("browser.webapps.checkForUpdates", 0); pref("browser.webapps.updateCheckUrl", "http://127.0.0.1/"); pref("app.faqURL", "http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:IceCat/FAQ"); // PFS url pref("pfs.datasource.url", "http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/plugins/PluginFinderService.php?mimetype=%PLUGIN_MIMETYPE%"); pref("pfs.filehint.url", "http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/plugins/PluginFinderService.php?mimetype=%PLUGIN_MIMETYPE%"); // Disable Gecko media plugins: https://wiki.mozilla.org/GeckoMediaPlugins pref("media.gmp-manager.url", "http://127.0.0.1/"); pref("media.gmp-manager.url.override", "data:text/plain,"); pref("media.gmp-provider.enabled", false); // Don't install openh264 codec pref("media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabled", false); //Disable heartbeat pref("browser.selfsupport.url", ""); //Disable Link to FireFox Marketplace, currently loaded with non-free "apps" pref("browser.apps.URL", ""); //Disable Firefox Hello pref("loop.enabled",false); pref("loop.feedback.baseUrl", ""); pref("loop.gettingStarted.url", ""); pref("loop.learnMoreUrl", ""); pref("loop.legal.ToS_url", ""); pref("loop.legal.privacy_url", ""); pref("loop.oauth.google.redirect_uri", ""); pref("loop.oauth.google.scope", ""); pref("loop.server", ""); pref("loop.soft_start_hostname", ""); pref("loop.support_url", ""); pref("loop.throttled2",false); // Use old style preferences, that allow javascript to be disabled pref("browser.preferences.inContent",false); // Don't download ads for the newtab page pref("browser.newtabpage.directory.source", ""); pref("browser.newtabpage.directory.ping", ""); pref("browser.newtabpage.introShown", true); // Disable home snippets pref("browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl", "data:text/html"); // Disable hardware acceleration and WebGL //pref("layers.acceleration.disabled", false); pref("webgl.disabled", false); // Disable SSDP pref("browser.casting.enabled", false); //Disable directory service pref("social.directories", ""); pref("social.whitelist", ""); pref("social.shareDirectory", ""); BTW, this annoyance happens wether I use these preferences or not.
I think I know what is happening. Here's how my internet is Setup: There are two routers; The first router is an ADSL router which receives the ADSL signal. My family uses this router for Wi-Fi. This router sends it's signal to my second router via cable; My second router receives this internet signal and sends it to my machine. Since both routers have DHCP and DNS servers, this is what is causing my problems. Firefox looks up localhosts to see if we want to connect to them, I think Firefox gets confused with so many DNS servers and it asks me if I want to go to every search I make. I tested Firefox just with my second router and Firefox didn't ask me "Did you mean to go to?", so I guess the first router is the problem. Or the fact that both use different DNS and dhcpc servers. EDIT: Yup, it's the first router, so there's nothing I can do. Damn.
I don't have the annoyance on Windows 7/10, so I guess this setting can be turned off via some Linux DNS setting.
sorry for the late reply. "extensions.ui.experiment.hidden" should be set to true, if "experiments.enabled" & "experiments.supported" are set to false.
