With Firefox's Awesome Bar, I can type in any segment of the URL or any word in the page title of a previously visited webpage, and it'll give me the right suggestion.
With Chrome, I just spent 2 minutes wondering why a bookmarked site wasn't being suggested, then realized that I needed to type https:// first. For a moment there, I thought I time traveled back to 1995![]()
Sarcasm aside, is there a setting or extension that makes Chrome's address bar behave more like Firefox's?
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StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso
Did you look at the Chrome site forum to see if others have tried to custom edit their URL suggestion?
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• Quickly find the history page, tab or bookmark you're after
• Results are ranked using Mozilla's frecency algorithm, just like Firefox
• Alter the frecency algorithm's scoring if desired
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fauxbar/hibkhcnpkakjniplpfblaoikiggkopka
I personally can’t figure out the frequency settings yet.
I want history items to go to the top after only a few revisits.
If you want to stick with Chrome, you can also uncheck "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar."
Also, if you select in Firefox something after typing “res”, I think that it gets a bonus for other shorter searches.
If I then type “re”, it’s more likely to appear because I selected it after typing “res”.
After selecting an item after using “re”, it’s more likely to appear in the list that comes after typing “r”.
I made it so that there are 30 results.
After I press one letter, an item shows up at #28.
I repeatedly press the letter, select the item, close the tab, press the letter, select the item, close the tab, in the history item never rises to the top like in the Firefox awesome bar.Last edited: Feb 4, 2016
Make Chrome's address bar work more like Firefox's?
Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Peon, May 5, 2015.