Firefox: Address Bar Gets Major Upgrade

In night assemblies Firefox, on the basis of which the release of Firefox 134 began testing updated target line, which built-in the searches for selecting the search engine, similar to the button in the menu added to the panel of a separate search line. In addition to the possibility of quickly sending a request to the search system of interest in the menu shown when pressing the new menu button, elements are also available for the transition to the interfaces of viewing the history of visits, viewing open tabs or navigation on saved bookmarks.

In the drop-down menu that appears after the transfer of the focus input to the empty targeted line, not only a sub-section of the recommended and previously open pages, but also a list of recently made search queries, which allows them to quickly adjust or repeat in another search engine, are now shown. In the drop-down menu, buttons are also shown to perform additional actions, such as the withdrawal of the page to print or the transition to another tab.

Provided to choose a search area using control tags such as @BookMarks, @tabs, @history and @actions. When entering the symbol “@” a hint appears by affordable tags.

When opening sites on the HTTP protocol without encryption of the communication channel, in addition to the icon with a cross-linked lock, the text “Not Secure” is now shown.

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