I recently downloaded firefox 3.0 and I think it is great. It is fast and secure and works very well. With that said I had one question that I wanted to help others answer as well. After using FF 3.0 for a few days the Smart Location bar started to populate with my browsing habits, and I found it distracting and not very useful. Also known as the address bar, the smart location bar in Firefox tries to guess where you are trying to go using the places you have already been. I could see how this could be helpful, but I wanted to turn it off.
After searching for awhile I finally came across the official Mozilla instructions on how to turn off the Smart Location bar in Firefox 3.0. Disabling the smart location bar can be done in a few easy steps:
1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press Enter.
* The about:config “This might void your warranty!” warning page may appear. Click I’ll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
2. Search for the preference browser.urlbar.maxRichResults.
3. Double-click the browser.urlbar.maxRichResults preference and enter a value of -1.
4. From the menu at the top of the Firefox windowbar, select File and then select the Exit Quit FirefoxQuit menu item.
5. Start Firefox again.
This should work perfectly – but remember you edit your config area at your own risk. I hope that there is a simple check box to turn this off in future versions.
July 28th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Step 4 should be:
Choose File and click exit. This has been fixed in the post – thanks for
pointing this out.
July 28th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Step 4 should be:
Choose File and click exit. This has been fixed in the post – thanks for
pointing this out.
July 28th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Step 4 should be:
Choose File and click exit. This has been fixed in the post – thanks for
pointing this out.
July 28th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Step 4 should be:
Choose File and click exit. This has been fixed in the post – thanks for
pointing this out.
July 28th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Step 4 should be:
Choose File and click exit. This has been fixed in the post – thanks for
pointing this out.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Step 4 should be:
Choose File and click exit. This has been fixed in the post – thanks for
pointing this out.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
This smart location bar idea is not well thought out, it's far more irritating than helpful.
It will make people look for alternative browsers, and even worse we might go back to that horrible windows explorer thing.
They should undo this new addition asap, people generally don't use browsers in the way this has been designed.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
This smart location bar idea is not well thought out, it's far more irritating than helpful.
It will make people look for alternative browsers, and even worse we might go back to that horrible windows explorer thing.
They should undo this new addition asap, people generally don't use browsers in the way this has been designed.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
This smart location bar idea is not well thought out, it's far more irritating than helpful.
It will make people look for alternative browsers, and even worse we might go back to that horrible windows explorer thing.
They should undo this new addition asap, people generally don't use browsers in the way this has been designed.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
This smart location bar idea is not well thought out, it's far more irritating than helpful.
It will make people look for alternative browsers, and even worse we might go back to that horrible windows explorer thing.
They should undo this new addition asap, people generally don't use browsers in the way this has been designed.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
This smart location bar idea is not well thought out, it's far more irritating than helpful.
It will make people look for alternative browsers, and even worse we might go back to that horrible windows explorer thing.
They should undo this new addition asap, people generally don't use browsers in the way this has been designed.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Thankfully you can turn it off – or make settings the way you choose.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Thankfully you can turn it off – or make settings the way you choose.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Thankfully you can turn it off – or make settings the way you choose.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Thankfully you can turn it off – or make settings the way you choose.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Thankfully you can turn it off – or make settings the way you choose.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
This smart location bar idea is not well thought out, it's far more irritating than helpful.
It will make people look for alternative browsers, and even worse we might go back to that horrible windows explorer thing.
They should undo this new addition asap, people generally don't use browsers in the way this has been designed.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Thankfully you can turn it off – or make settings the way you choose.
October 9th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I have no idea who you are, but felt much the same what. What you instructed/described worked perfectly. Thank you very much.
October 9th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I have no idea who you are, but felt much the same what. What you instructed/described worked perfectly. Thank you very much.
October 9th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I have no idea who you are, but felt much the same what. What you instructed/described worked perfectly. Thank you very much.
October 9th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I have no idea who you are, but felt much the same what. What you instructed/described worked perfectly. Thank you very much.
October 9th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I have no idea who you are, but felt much the same what. What you instructed/described worked perfectly. Thank you very much.
October 9th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
I have no idea who you are, but felt much the same what. What you instructed/described worked perfectly. Thank you very much.
October 10th, 2008 at 6:18 am
You are welcome!
October 10th, 2008 at 6:18 am
You are welcome!
October 10th, 2008 at 6:18 am
You are welcome!
October 10th, 2008 at 6:18 am
You are welcome!
October 10th, 2008 at 6:18 am
You are welcome!
October 10th, 2008 at 8:18 am
You are welcome!
December 5th, 2008 at 9:26 am
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December 5th, 2008 at 9:26 am
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December 5th, 2008 at 11:26 am
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December 9th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
No problem. Glad you could use the post.
December 9th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
No problem. Glad you could use the post.
December 9th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
No problem. Glad you could use the post.
December 9th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Thank you!! I just downloaded 3.0 and really disliked this feature, but was unable to find how to change – appreciate your post!!
December 9th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Thank you!! I just downloaded 3.0 and really disliked this feature, but was unable to find how to change – appreciate your post!!
December 9th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Thank you!! I just downloaded 3.0 and really disliked this feature, but was unable to find how to change – appreciate your post!!
December 9th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
No problem. Glad you could use the post.
December 9th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Thank you!! I just downloaded 3.0 and really disliked this feature, but was unable to find how to change – appreciate your post!!
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