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One feature I got hooked on back in the day was auto-URL completion by using Ctrl. So you type in "google" into the address bar, hit Ctrl+Enter, and the url would automagically become http://www.google.com/ [google.com] . Firefox took this a step further and have made Shift+Ctrl+Enter.org, and Shift+Enter.net. Naturally, I habitually did this in Opera when I tried it out, and it would not auto-complete, it would f
When using Opera, I don't understand why people type 'www.google.com' and then enter the search after that page loads. To search for "foobar" using google, I just type this in the URL bar (works for both Firefox and Opera):
g foobar
This is something I configured in Firefox so I'm not sure if Opera does this by default or if it imported this from my Firefox settings.
Also, there's the 'google search' field next to the URL bar but then I'd have to remember another shortcut key.
URL Autocomplete (Score:4, Insightful)
One feature I got hooked on back in the day was auto-URL completion by using Ctrl. So you type in "google" into the address bar, hit Ctrl+Enter, and the url would automagically become http://www.google.com/ [google.com] . Firefox took this a step further and have made Shift+Ctrl+Enter .org, and Shift+Enter .net. Naturally, I habitually did this in Opera when I tried it out, and it would not auto-complete, it would f
Re:URL Autocomplete (Score:1, Informative)
To search for "foobar" using google, I just type this in the URL bar (works for both Firefox and Opera):
g foobar
This is something I configured in Firefox so I'm not sure if Opera does this by default or if it imported this from my Firefox settings.
Also, there's the 'google search' field next to the URL bar but then I'd have to remember another shortcut key.
Re:URL Autocomplete (Score:2)
Me, I just use the search box in both.