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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
I would guess other browsers are similar, but in Safari, I type usually 1 or 2 characters in my address bar after typing Apple-L to load the location. If its a site I've been to recently or is bookmarked, I'm there. If its a new site, I hit tab and then put the company name in the google search and the first link will usually suffice.
Having to press shift+control+enter takes me about the same time as pressing.org. Having to press shift+enter is about the same as typing.net. Having to remember 1 to 2 characters of an URL... or not having to remember if.org is shift+control+enter vs shift+enter -- sanity.
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:2)
I would guess other browsers are similar, but in Safari, I type usually 1 or 2 characters in my address bar after typing Apple-L to load the location. If its a site I've been to recently or is bookmarked, I'm there. If its a new site, I hit tab and then put the company name in the google search and the first link will usually suffice.
Having to press shift+control+enter takes me about the same time as pressing