Firefox new tab has a box in the middle of the page for you to click in and enter text to search in your default search engine - and it immediately starts typing in the URL bar. IF I WANTED TO USE THE URL BAR I WOULD CLICK THERE.
Throws me off every time.
I don’t understand the whiners. This makes literally 0 difference other than you get added functionality of being able to search within your history, tabs, other search engines, etc.
They might as well just remove the stupid search bar on the new tab page.
yes, it does, search box and ‘awesomebar’ can be configured to behave differently for search. this handoff messes with that distinction.