Firefox 2 Address Bar searching

[elDiablo]

Ok, so I've recently updated to Firefox 2. Now, in 1.5, whenever I typed a string containing spaces into the address bar, Firefox would do an "I'm feeling lucky" Google search on it. In Firefox 2, however, any strings containing spaces give a "Bad url error". Some people have said this is because of Firefox 2 using the "Browse by name" Google search. I have changed the keyword.url in Firefox 2's "about:config" location, ala this guide, but to no avail.

Just wondering if anyone has this problem? Rep to anyone who fixes it!

Cheers
elD

 

[BiG D]

Well, typing strings with spaces into my address bar does a regular google search. So... I have no idea

 

[PsiSoldier]

You b0rked FF2 .

 

[elDiablo]

Yeah, people seem to be getting mixed results with this. *sigh*

 

[PsiSoldier]

Can't you just use the Google toolbar for searching instead :/.

 

[BiG D]

Alt+D doesn't take you to the search bar, now does it?

It may not seem like much, but when you're that used to doing something one way, it's a real inconvenience to do it another.

 

[elDiablo]

What BiG_D said. Also, I don't like the Google Toolbar and it is therefore not installed. Plus, I use the search bar to search Wikipedia. Having the address bar do a Google search gives me a quick way to do 2 searches. Ok, I could just click the search bar, select Google, search, but then I would have to change back to Wikipedia when I want that. It's an annoyance, not a necessity, but I don't see why the people at Mozilla decided to break it for me! It's ANNOYING!

 

[PsiSoldier]

CTRL + K (or) E...

 

[BiG D]

That's not the point. If you're used to hitting alt+d and then typing a search term, when that stops working you'll be quite inconvenienced. It doesn't matter if there's another way to do it, it isn't the way you're used to.