I have been using Waterfox Classic as my browser, but my computer at work has Firefox on it, so I have been trying to make peace with Firefox. Both browsers are derived from a common Mozilla code base, so I naively thought they shouldn't be all that different. As usual ... wrong! There are a couple of truly annoying things about Firefox, and I can't figure out how to fix them. I hope someone can help.
For ... reasons ... I've been using Firefox a bit. (Like it's what's on my computer at work.) And I'm not liking it much. Maybe there's a way to correct a couple of the really annoying things it does. If there is, I haven't figured it out.
#1: The address window. If I want to type the address of a site I want to go to in the address window, I'm fine if the browser recognizes it and autocompletes the address. What I DON'T want or need is a cascading drop-down list of the last 100 web sites I have visited. (Yes, I exaggerated -- it's really 10, IIRC.) In fact, I don't want any drop-down list at all. Is there a way to shut that off?
#2: Search. I have Duck Duck Go set as my default search engine. I have the Firefox default web page as the page to display when I open a new tab. And that correctly shows Duck Duck Go as the search engine in the search window when I open a new tab. BUT ... if I start to type my search criteria into the search window -- it doesn't put it there. It immediately jumps up and starts typing in the address window. That's not where I want it. If I wanted to type in the address window, I would have put the cursor in the address window. I put the cursor in the search window because THAT's where I want to type. I NEED to kill that behavior. Is there a way to put a stake through its heart?