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    Firefox 3: annoying page titles in URL bar

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sepandee, Jun 19, 2008.

  1. sepandee

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    A new feature in firefox 3 is that once you start typing in the url / address bar, the suggestions it comes up with includes BOTH URL addresses and page titles, and that's just annoying. How do I make the page titles go away?
     
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  4. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    It's the awesome bar!!!! Why would you not some big piece of awesomeness on your screen. I mean come on. Big awesome > small awesome. And if your computer is mad slow, it flashes with the screen refresh.
     
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    dancebabe9008 Notebook Consultant

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    about:config
    broswer.urlbar.matchonly.typed ....click that
    restart broswer

    Clear history
    restart broswer

    about:config
    browser.urlbar.maxRichResults
    change to 0
    restart browser
     
    dancebabe9008, Jun 19, 2008
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    i can't say I really find that annoying at all.
     
    circa86, Jun 19, 2008
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    marcuswilliams Notebook Enthusiast

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    However, if you have some bookmarks that you do not want others to see, it is actually quite embarrassing.. not that I PERSONALLY have anything to hide, just what it says in the CNET video. ( http://www.cnettv.com/9742-1_53-50002641.html)
     
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    r0k Notebook Evangelist

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    I guess what bothered me was the page titles were in a Large font and the urls were in a http:||much.smaller.font.and.harder.to.read. Why would they think I want to deal with page titles when I've been dealing with url's all these years? I quickly installed oldbar and am back in my comfort zone. For somebody who thinks in titles instead of urls', the Awesome bar might be Awesome. For me, it got in my way. Gmail came up when I wanted google and vice versa. How annoying.
     
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