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location bar can not search english words

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when i type chinese in location bar, firefox search the word using google,

but when i type english (eg. hello), it returns http://hello/

in about:config i set enableIDN to false

when i type chinese in location bar, firefox search the word using google, but when i type english (eg. hello), it returns http://hello/ in about:config i set enableIDN to false

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Restore your Default Search Engine as described below:

Type about:config in the Location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key. When you see a warning, click I'll be careful, I promise! button.

  • Preferences that have been modified are shown as bold (user set).
  • Preferences can be Reset to the default or changed via the right-click context menu.

-> In the Filter bar, type keyword.URL

  • Right click the preference keyword.URL and click Reset
  • OR choose Modify -> Replace the text with http://www.google.com/search?q= and then click OK
  • close the about:config tab and then Restart Firefox.

Check and tell if its working.

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If you only type one word in the location bar then Firefox first will try to resolve that via a DNS look up.
You will have to use the search bar on the Navigation Toolbar to do single word searches.