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On Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:30:30 -0400, micky wrote:

I don't know why these have to be choices in the main search box when
hey were already easier to make choices in the alternate search box.

I have searching turned off in the address box. If I want to search, I use
the search box.
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On Sat, 5 Jul 2025 01:11:19 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:30:30 -0400, micky wrote:

I don't know why these have to be choices in the main search box when
hey were already easier to make choices in the alternate search box.

I have searching turned off in the address box. If I want to search, I use >the search box.

Lordie!
Shirley, regardless of "position"... both call/ask and achieve/produce
the same result?
How a user (clueless or whatever) deals with having a choice of separate/combined with whatever seach engine is their decision.
When it quacks like a duck/looks like a duck, the DA feathers have to
belong to Micky Mouse... again.
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On Fri, 04 Jul 2025 18:56:52 -0700, Nobody wrote:

On Sat, 5 Jul 2025 01:11:19 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

I have searching turned off in the address box. If I want to search, I
use the search box.

Shirley, regardless of "position"... both call/ask and achieve/produce
the same result?

No. The address box is for typing URLs, not for searching. The search box
is for searching for keywords, phrases etc.
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On Sat, 5 Jul 2025 01:11:19 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:30:30 -0400, micky wrote:

I don't know why these have to be choices in the main search box when
hey were already easier to make choices in the alternate search box.

I have searching turned off in the address box. If I want to search, I use >the search box.

And the combined performs exactly the same functions... as I (and
probably many others) have employed for years.
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On Sat, 5 Jul 2025 01:11:19 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:30:30 -0400, micky wrote:

I don't know why these have to be choices in the main search box when
hey were already easier to make choices in the alternate search box.

I have searching turned off in the address box. If I want to search, I
use the search box.

I do to. I don't like the way the combo box corrupts the URL when you even slightly mistype it.
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." [Abbie Hoffman]
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On Sat, 05 Jul 2025 08:09:07 -0700, Nobody wrote:

On Sat, 5 Jul 2025 01:11:19 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:30:30 -0400, micky wrote:

I don't know why these have to be choices in the main search box when
hey were already easier to make choices in the alternate search box.

I have searching turned off in the address box. If I want to search, I
use the search box.

And the combined performs exactly the same functions... as I (and
probably many others) have employed for years.

Not quite. It's a preference.

What happens when you make a simple mistake, like "grc.cok" when you meant "grc.com"? With separate boxes it's much easier to make that little correction.
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." [Abbie Hoffman]
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From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

On Sat, 05 Jul 2025 08:09:07 -0700, Nobody wrote:

On Sat, 5 Jul 2025 01:11:19 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

I have searching turned off in the address box. If I want to search, I
use the search box.

And the combined performs exactly the same functions... as I (and
probably many others) have employed for years.

When Firefox first introduced the combined address-and-search field,
remember they called it the “Awesome Bar”?

I tried it that way for a while, before deciding I preferred having the functions separate.
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