#6760 NORM Never A: Automatic search is disabled and nonfunctional

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#6760: Automatic search is disabled and nonfunctional
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 Reporter:  bemasc           |       Owner:  erikos        
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  browse-activity  |     Version:                
 Keywords:                   |    Verified:  0             
 Blocking:                   |   Blockedby:                
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 By default, Firefox detects invalid URLs and transparently reroutes them
 to google searches.  The search URL is controlled by the "keyword.URL"
 preference.  This feature is enabled or disabled by "keyword.enabled".  It
 is on by default in the default install of Firefox.

 In Browse, keyword.enabled is set to False by default.  Keyword search
 doesn't work.  Instead, it pops up an unsightly, "invalid URL" error
 dialog.  Given that Browse doesn't have a search box, making the main
 dialog perform searches (like in Mozilla/Seamonkey) seems like a much
 better idea.

 Unfortunately, setting keyword.enabled to true doesn't seem to have any
 effect.  This is a bug.  Someone reported (at
 http://wtanaka.com/node/7588) experiencing this behavior with the
 Tabbrowser extension, but I don't know why that would affect Browse.

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