Firefox Tip – Address Bar search

One Firefox feature that I am starting to like a lot is the ability to type a few words in the address line at the top of the browser and having Firefox go to the most appropriate site for that combination of words. For example, typing the words “amazon joe haldeman” turns up “Forever War” by COSine 2005 guest of honor Joe Haldeman. Firefox uses the Google “get lucky” search to perform this function. And yes, typing in my name brings up Five Acres with a View. As another example, “imdb The Lion in Winter” brings up the entry at IMDB for the 1968 movie starring Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn.

To get to the address line quickly and clear it, use Ctrl-L and then the delete key.

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