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Mozilla to improve Firefox’s search interface in Firefox 43


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Mozilla began testing a redesigned search interface for its Firefox web browser back in 2014.

The big change was the addition of search engine icons in the interface that allowed you

to quickly switch to another installed search engine without leaving the interface.

While you could so something similar before, for instance by assigning keywords to search engines

to search on them from the address bar directly,

it made the option more prominent in the browser and improved it for touch devices as well.

The organization implemented a similar search interface on Firefox's new tab page.

Firefox users who disliked the change could set browser.search.showOneOffButtons to false on the

about:config page to undo it.

This preference however will be removed in future versions of Firefox which leaves add-ons

to restore the original search interface once that happens.

Mozilla plans to improve the dedicated search field in Firefox 43 by adding right-click context

menu options to listed search engines.

Mozilla to improve Firefox’s search interface in Firefox 43 (ghacks)

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Mozilla plans to improve the dedicated search field in Firefox 43 by adding right-click context

menu options to listed search engines.

A welcome new feature. Have missed that in Firefox, since FastestFox removed it from their features.

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