Aug 07, 2008 09:35
So, I upgraded from Firefox 2.0 to Firefox 3.0. I'm sure it's more secure and all, and that's great, but I really dislike the new autocomplete function on the address bar. I'm accustomed to using that for accessing things (I generally prefer typing to mousing for repeated tasks), and it has become much more difficult. The address bar now autocompletes from page titles as well as from addresses, and from any part of the address... so if I start typing, say, "mail" I will not get only things like mail.server.net and mail.agency.gov, but any page from their trees, and anything with the word "mail" in it (including the letters to the editor page of several newspapers that I've read lately). This is especially frustrating since the new version displays its findings in a much larger font, with icons, so I can't even easily scroll down to the one I want. (This is also annoying since I use it in public spaces and don't necessarily want anyone standing near me to see my page history displayed in large text... like, say, the titles of not-yet-published papers).
Does anyone know of any way to modify it to get my old functionality back?