Submitted 3 days ago by bleistift2@sopuli.xyz to technology@lemmy.world
https://willj.net/posts/revert-firefox-url-bar-suggestion-order-change/
tldr; Firefox changed the order in which suggestions appear when you start typing in the address bar. It used to show previously visited websites first. Now it prioritizes its own suggestions.
To get back to the old behaviour, navigate to about:config, search for the key browser.urlbar.showSearchSuggestionsFirst and change the value to false.
You don’t need to head to about:config for this, it’s right there in the settings GUI.
Not normal for me but I recently opted in to Firefox’s telemetry so they could see all the trouble I’m going through to turn off their new features in their reporting.
Will it change their mind? Probably not. But at least it’ll be there in the numbers
Now it prioritizes its own suggestions.
The article talks about search suggestions. Those are from the search provider, not Firefox.
I’ve always had them disabled. It’s not like I need suggestions of what to search for or what I may want to search for.
There are search suggestions and there are also Firefox suggestions. You can see them both in the settings separately.
Labotomized@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Took maybe 10 mins to get Waterfox set up just now and it imported my bookmarks and passwords from Firefox! In case anyone else has been considering it the last few months like me.
Brewchin@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Waterfox had a rocky start, with privacy settings being reset to defaults on each load. Once that was unbroken, I made it my permanent browser on PC and mobile. Zero regrets.
Mozilla is a shadow of its former self. I understand they desperately want that Google pay cheque, but “number must go up” mentality and MBA-infected CxOs can both get in the bin.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 3 days ago
What’s wrong with librewolf?