(In reply to :Gijs (he/him) from comment #153) > (In reply to Abhro from comment #152) > > I do have history turned off, but visit previously visited sites that I do > > know that TLD for and do not need to search for, thus pressing > > [Ctrl+]Shift+Enter for .net / .org directly. I see the usefulness in being > > able to open new windows from the awesome bar, but the .net / .org is still > > widely enough used TLDs > > IME, less so across the globe - that is, if I'm in (say) France, I'd > probably prefer `.fr`, in South Africa, .za, etc. > > The .net/.org shortcut was always hardcoded, and as noted before, no other > browser has shortcuts for any other domains. >From a Belgian guy living in Luxembourg and Australia: Nope, you're wrong. >.com, .net and .org are the most common extensions I type. > > > that such autocomplete is desired behavior for some. > > Any advice on reverting the behavior, or making a toggle between 'TLD > > autocomplete' and 'open address in new window' possible? > > You can control the suffix of `.com` and change it to something else using > the `browser.fixup.alternate.suffix` pref in about:config , if you like. You > could also use bookmarks for the sites you use regularly enough that you > know the TLD, so that you don't need a modifier key at all and can probably > hit enter sooner (TBH, I suspect this is likely to be an improvement for > your usecase). As I already said in comment #150, I don't think we'll bring > back (an option to use) separate modifier keys for .net/.org. Marco, can you > confirm? This is still bad.
I all liked the 3 shortcuts. Bring them back. There was no reason to disable them. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/66566 Title: Inconsistent shortcuts for new tab To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/66566/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs