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address bar i'm feeling lucky

mezashite
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The reason I'm using firefox is that i could change the configurations and that allowed me to use the address bar as I wanted. Before the last update, I used the address bar with the option I'm feeling lucky from Google and had Duck for the search bar. That means I was using two different search engines until the last update. Why can't i use that.

I thought the idea of putting I'm feeling lucky in the address bar was genius and when it wasn't by defaut I changed it in the config (about:config) and then switched to an Add-On. Now none of them work.

I'd like to have a search engine for the address bar and another one for the search bar, not one for the two.

It would be too bad if it can't be done, firefox seems so much nicer than the other browser and is loosing that

The reason I'm using firefox is that i could change the configurations and that allowed me to use the address bar as I wanted. Before the last update, I used the address bar with the option I'm feeling lucky from Google and had Duck for the search bar. That means I was using two different search engines until the last update. Why can't i use that. I thought the idea of putting I'm feeling lucky in the address bar was genius and when it wasn't by defaut I changed it in the config (about:config) and then switched to an Add-On. Now none of them work. I'd like to have a search engine for the address bar and another one for the search bar, not one for the two. It would be too bad if it can't be done, firefox seems so much nicer than the other browser and is loosing that

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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It has been many versions since Firefox linked the address bar to the search bar. Were you using the Keyword Search extension to assign the lucky search to the address bar? If not, I suggest trying it:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/keyword-search/

After installation, go to the Add-ons page. Either:

  • Ctrl+Shift+a
  • "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons

In the left column, click Extensions. Then click the Options button for Keyword Search and change the Google Options to lucky search (see screen shot).

Success?