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FIREFOX SEARCH WINDOW

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stephen.bratset
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AFTER THE LAST UPDATE THE FIREFOX SEARCH WINDOW NO LONGER ACCEPTS TEXT - IT POPULATES ONLY IN THE URL WINDOW NOW

AFTER THE LAST UPDATE THE FIREFOX SEARCH WINDOW NO LONGER ACCEPTS TEXT - IT POPULATES ONLY IN THE URL WINDOW NOW

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You can turn it off by going to about:config and switching browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar to false.

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TyDraniu
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You can turn it off by going to about:config and switching browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar to false.