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When entering a website address in the address bar without the 'www.' prefix firefox now goes to google and displays possible options, but prior versions would go to the best matched site. Suggestions please.

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When entering a website address in the address bar without the 'www.' prefix firefox now goes to google and displays possible options, but prior versions would go to the best matched site. Suggestions please.

For example by entering 'edinburgh news' prior versions (befor version 4) would take you to 'www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com' automoatically. however since upgrade to version 4 and 5, the best that happens is s set of google results.

When entering a website address in the address bar without the 'www.' prefix firefox now goes to google and displays possible options, but prior versions would go to the best matched site. Suggestions please. For example by entering 'edinburgh news' prior versions (befor version 4) would take you to 'www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com' automoatically. however since upgrade to version 4 and 5, the best that happens is s set of google results.

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This thread describes how to set different options for what happens when you type in the address bar: How do I get FF4 to use Google's I'm feeling lucky feature? | Firefox Support Forum | Firefox Help.

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Thank you.

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