Firefox now shows search keys instead of URLs in the address bar

In the nightly builds of Firefox that form branch 110, which is scheduled for release on February 14, the ability to display the entered search term in the address bar instead of showing the search engine URL has been activated. Those. keys will be displayed in the address bar not only during the input process, but also after accessing the search engine and displaying the search results associated with the entered keys. The change only applies when accessing the default search engine from the address bar.

Firefox now shows search keys instead of URLs in the address bar

To disable the new behavior and return the display of the full address in the settings in the Search section, a special option has been implemented. The possibility of disabling is also reported in a special tooltip, which is displayed the first time you use the search from the address bar. To control the mode, about:config provides a setting "browser.urlbar.showSearchTerms.featureGate", with which the mode can also be enabled in the Firefox 109 branch.

Firefox now shows search keys instead of URLs in the address bar

Additionally, a fix release of Firefox 108.0.1 fixes one bug that causes default search engine settings to be reset after updating configurations with profiles previously copied from other locations.

In addition, a new version of Tor Browser 12.0.1 has been released, focused on anonymity, security and privacy. The release ported vulnerability fixes from the Firefox ESR 102.6 branch and fixed a regressive change in the implementation of the leak protection mechanism when using the drag&drop interface (URL transfer from the address bar is disabled to avoid leaking information about the open site via sending a DNS query after dragging to another application) . In addition to URL drag-and-drop blocking, functions such as reordering bookmarks with the mouse were also broken. Also fixed a bug that caused the TOR_SOCKS_IPC_PATH environment variable to be ignored.

Source: opennet.ru

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