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Getting around slow Firefox3 URL/Address Bar

Izhar Firdaus Izhar Firdaus Follow Support Aug 14, 2008 · 1 min read
Getting around slow Firefox3 URL/Address Bar
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Firefox3 introduced a cool address bar improvement. However, its running way too slow on my machine, and sometimes locks down firefox.

Here's a little workaround for it:

In about:config page, change these keys:

browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped = True
browser.urlbar.matchBehaviour = 2
browser.urlbar.maxRichResults = (max results, put between 2-5)
browser.urlbar.search.timeout = (search timeout, put something lower than 100, depending on ur needs)


This little tweak did the job just-right for me.

Recommended reading: A little bit googling for "Firefox 3 addressbar tweak" lead me to this one nice article: CyberNotes: Understanding & Tweaking the Firefox 3 Address Bar.
Written by Izhar Firdaus Follow Support
I'm a system architect, data engineer and developer advocate with passion in Free / Open Source software, entrepreneurship, community building, education and martial art. I take enjoyment in bridging and bringing together different FOSS technologies to help businesses and organizations utilize IT infrastructure to aid and optimize their business and organizational process.

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