Comments on: Search on Google from Firefox address bar (like Google Chrome)

By: mario

mario — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:32:16 +0000

Hey, I am sorry, there was something wrong with another setting: Keyword.enabled was set to false!!!

By: mario

mario — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:26:40 +0000

Well, I followed your instructions to the letter, and I am still getting the “I’m feeling lucky” result – so instead of a list of matches, I am redirected to the first match.

By: foko

foko — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:04:47 +0000

thanks! is there a reason why it doesn’t work instantaneously though? there seems to be a few seconds between pushing enter and the google search results page being loaded.

By: Missy

Missy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:38:46 +0000

Ahh, thank you for that! I’ve recently switched back from Chrome to FireFox, and the ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ feature of the awesome bar was getting on my nerves. For me it’s useful 30% of the time. But now it acts how I want it. Great

By: Satbir Singh

Satbir Singh — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:12:50 +0000

CyberSearch Firefox Add-on does this job better. Just type in a search keyword and it’ll fetch Google search results for that keyword directly in awesome bar.

By: Madhur Kapoor

Madhur Kapoor — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:30:54 +0000

Nice one. Loved this feature in Chrome

By: Sumesh

Sumesh — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:53:59 +0000

@Binny VA: This hack will not work if you are using OpenDNS. However, if you turn off some features like domain correction, then you will no longer be served OpenDNS search, and hence Google search will take over.

By: Binny V A

Binny V A — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:16:21 +0000

Will this work if you are using OpenDNS? Its not working on my system – it takes me to opendns search.

By: Sumesh

Sumesh — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:06:08 +0000

@DWiner
The hack I’m referring to here is for the addressbar, aka Awesome bar. I’m on Firefox 3, and the hack worked perfectly fine for me. Even for famous Google bombs like failure, it took me to a search page.

Perhaps you have not copy-pasted the complete URL?

By: DWiner

DWiner — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:21:46 +0000

I do not see the desired effect on FF after doing this hack. FF still does not search like Chrome’s address bar. Are you talking about the Google Search bar that is defaulted to the right side of FF’s toolbar?