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Chrome almost always autocompletes text entered on Omnibar. I set Firefox's "browser.urlbar.autoFill" to "true" so it autocompletes the text sometimes, but not as often as Chrome's Omnibar.

How do I make it autocomplete just like the way Omnibar does it?

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You could try this addon.

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Try Prospector - Speak Words.

This restartless add-on helps you easily get to sites that you frequently visit by typing just a few letters in the location bar and having Firefox fill in the rest of the word as well as selecting the first result. From there, just press [return] to go to that page!

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Please add some details to this answer. Link-only answers aren't very useful and are discouraged. – DragonLord Jun 20 '11 at 3:33
Finally, something that works for me! Haven't used it long enough, but it does auto-fill the superbar with the rest of the first result – AllanCaeg Jun 20 '11 at 8:32
Except typing goog and enter takes me to maps.google.com on my browser. That, plus a couple of other annoyances, made me uninstall. – David Ryder Feb 28 at 16:36
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A very late reply

Firefox 12 autocompletes url in the address bar. Firefox 12 is now in aurora. Interested people can download it from here.

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Thanks, I'll wait for this guy. – David Ryder Feb 28 at 16:36
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Find a term where it doesn't work as well as in Chrome and file a bug report.

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May be he is suggesting, auto complete for search terms, which google chrome prefetch from google search suggestion. Whch is not available in firefox due to privacy reason – crucified soul Apr 26 '11 at 10:09
Hm. That shouldn't stop him from filing an enhancement request? – Aaron Digulla Apr 26 '11 at 19:27
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I know it isn't exactly the answer you are looking for, but you could always just press [TAB]. Seems almost as fast as autocomplete.

Or you could wait for FF12, when this behavior will come shipped.

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