SvensKia@kbin.social to Firefox@fedia.io · 8 months agoFirefox 124.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixeswww.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down10
arrow-up199arrow-down1external-linkFirefox 124.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixeswww.mozilla.orgSvensKia@kbin.social to Firefox@fedia.io · 8 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareDeebsterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoAre you saying you’ve disabled searching from the address bar and instead load up whatever.com and then type your search into there? I don’t understand what you think you’re gaining by enforcing this extra step.
minus-squareAnupam 《ミ》λ≡@functional.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months ago@[email protected] @[email protected] Control? Who decides if something is a search term instead of a website?
minus-squareDeebsterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoYou have other options. You can use the separate search box. You can use smart keywords to only trigger searches when you want.
minus-squareAnupam 《ミ》λ≡@functional.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months ago@Deebster Yes exactly my point. Options are great, even if it doesn’t make sense to others
minus-squareJean-Francois Mezei@mstdn.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months ago@Deebster by disabling search in -address bar- I do not send everything I type in there to some data collecting company that knows every site I visit.
Are you saying you’ve disabled searching from the address bar and instead load up whatever.com and then type your search into there? I don’t understand what you think you’re gaining by enforcing this extra step.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Control? Who decides if something is a search term instead of a website?
You have other options. You can use the separate search box. You can use smart keywords to only trigger searches when you want.
@Deebster Yes exactly my point. Options are great, even if it doesn’t make sense to others
@Deebster by disabling search in -address bar- I do not send everything I type in there to some data collecting company that knows every site I visit.