Any update on this? Thanks

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Helper -- thank you! I just posted a similar question at the same time you sent your response. I'm not sure why FF4 took this route as the default, IMO it is a big step backwards and the old FF3.x operation is much preferred.

Thank you for your reply on how the location bar works. Regarding "To get the Firefox 3.6.x behavior in Firefox 4". Will changing the suggested config revert only location bar changes or completely revert it to old behavior? Thanks

'''coolmits:''' Only search from Location bar is affected. The change will allow you to type ''nokia india'' and ''samsung india'' as you did in Firefox 3.6, and if that took you directly to the site, the change should make Firefox 4 do the same.

This feature does not worj with FIREFOX 6. I have tried the solutions above.. i have done it a lot of times. but nothing works this time. though it was working with previous version. Please make it possible again