Firefox address bar shows “Search or enter address”

When you open new tab in Firefox address bar shows “Go to a Website” message now nightly showing it as “Search or enter address”. Mozilla has changed go to a website string to Search or enter address because they feel you can perform searches from location bar too.

“Go to a Website” changed to “Search or enter address” in Firefox address bar

But we feel those search results not as quickly displayed when you enter in Chrome omnibox, there will be delay to show search results generated by default search engine you’re using when you enter word and press enter.

Firefox URLbar string changes thumb Firefox address bar shows “Search or enter address”

The target milestone for this set as Firefox 21 and you can see this change in nightly build.

What do you think of this minor change Mozilla made to Firefox address bar? does this change has any importance in your point of view? share with us in comments.

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Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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