{"id":3707,"date":"2020-04-07T06:06:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T13:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/?p=3707"},"modified":"2020-04-07T06:07:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T13:07:18","slug":"latest-firefox-updates-address-bar-making-search-easier-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/2020\/04\/latest-firefox-updates-address-bar-making-search-easier-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Firefox updates address bar, making search easier than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>We have all been spending a lot more time online lately whether it\u2019s for work, helping our kids stay connected to their schools or keeping in touch with loved ones. While connecting is more important than ever as we face this pandemic together, we\u2019ve also been relying on the power of \u201csearch\u201d to access information, news and resources through the browser. Today\u2019s Firefox release makes it even easier to get to the things that matter most to you online. Bringing this improved functionality to Firefox is our way of continuing to serve you now and in the future.<\/p>\n<h2>Making search faster for you through the address bar<\/h2>\n<p>Did you know that there\u2019s a super fast way to do your searches through the address bar? Simply press CTRL and L (command-L on a Mac). It\u2019s just one of our many <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly\">keyboard shortcuts<\/a>. Check out the other ways we\u2019ve made it easier to do searches right from the address bar.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Refreshed look and feel:<\/i><\/b> We\u2019ve enlarged the address bar anytime you want to do a search and simplified it in a single view with larger font, shorter URLs, adjusts to multiple sizes and a shortcut to the most popular sites to search.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_12561\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div id=\"attachment_12561\" style=\"width: 1876px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12561\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12561 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ffp4g1ylyit3jdyti1hqcvtb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/QB_2_topsites.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1866\" height=\"772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12561\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enlarged and simplified address bar for your searches<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Smarter searches:<\/i><\/b> For example if you\u2019re considering a \u201cstanding desk\u201d for your home office we\u2019ve bolded additional popular keywords that you might not have thought of to narrow your search even further.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_12560\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div id=\"attachment_12560\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12560\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12560 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ffp4g1ylyit3jdyti1hqcvtb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ffx75-searchbar-2-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12560\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Popular keywords in bold to help narrow your search<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Your top sites right at your fingertips: <\/i><\/b>With a single click in the address bar, you\u2019ve got access to your most visited sites. And if by chance you have that site already opened in another tab but can\u2019t find it, we\u2019ve highlighted a text shortcut next to it (in teal!) so you can easily jump to that tab rather than going through the gazillion tabs you already have open. This also works for any page you\u2019ve searched, and may not realize you\u2019ve already opened it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_12559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div id=\"attachment_12559\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12559\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12559 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ffp4g1ylyit3jdyti1hqcvtb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ffx75-searchbar-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12559\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top sites and shortcuts in your address bar<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To see what else is new or what we\u2019ve changed in today\u2019s desktop and iOS release, you can check out our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/75.0\/releasenotes\/\"> release notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the latest updates to the address bar and download the latest version of Firefox available<a href=\"http:\/\/mozilla.org\/firefox\/new\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have all been spending a lot more time online lately whether it\u2019s for work, helping our kids stay connected to their schools or keeping in touch with loved ones. &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/2020\/04\/latest-firefox-updates-address-bar-making-search-easier-than-ever\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1284,"featured_media":3708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,757],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}