- Aug 17, 2014
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Firefox Nightly users may have noticed a change regarding searches made in the development browser. When users type search terms in Firefox's address bar, Firefox displays the typed in search term instead of the web address of the search engine.
The change applies to the default search engine of the browser only and only if searches are started from the browser's address bar. The visit of a search engine and the entering of search terms on the search engine's page shows the correct address in the address bar of the browser.
Mozilla has been working on persistent search terms in the Firefox address bar for a while. The change of the default behavior in Firefox Nightly was made to get "early feedback" on the implementation. The feature is turned on by default in Firefox Nightly, but there is a new Search related setting to restore the classic behavior.
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It is unclear if the change will be implemented in Firefox Stable, considering that Mozilla is trying to get feedback with the enabling in Firefox Nightly.

Firefox may soon display the search term instead of the Search Engine's address - gHacks Tech News
Mozilla is testing a change in Firefox Nightly currently that replaces the default search engine's address with the user's search term.
