@joewilliams007@kbin.melroy.org @SvensKia@kbin.social @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world @firefox@fedia.io I disable searching in the browser. When I wish to search, I go to a specific search engine web page.
When users have to work to DISABLE stuff in a browser, it reduces the trust people have in the browser. Consider why people have been switching back to Firefox, and now you are making the same mistakes that drove people away fro their former browsers.
Are you saying you’ve disabled searching from the address bar and instead load up whatever.com and then type your search into there? I don’t understand what you think you’re gaining by enforcing this extra step.
@joewilliams007@kbin.melroy.org @SvensKia@kbin.social @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world @firefox@fedia.io I disable searching in the browser. When I wish to search, I go to a specific search engine web page.
When users have to work to DISABLE stuff in a browser, it reduces the trust people have in the browser. Consider why people have been switching back to Firefox, and now you are making the same mistakes that drove people away fro their former browsers.
KEEP IT SIMPLE AND TRUSTWORTHY.
Are you saying you’ve disabled searching from the address bar and instead load up whatever.com and then type your search into there? I don’t understand what you think you’re gaining by enforcing this extra step.
@Deebster@programming.dev @jfmezei@mstdn.ca Control? Who decides if something is a search term instead of a website?
You have other options. You can use the separate search box. You can use smart keywords to only trigger searches when you want.