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> I don't remember URLs with /some/post/id/123.html. I remember headlines

When I open a new window[1] in Firefox and start typing in the address bar, I get matches based on the page title not just on the url.

For example, I open a new window and type "brow" and the matches I get include "I closed a lot of browser tabs | Hacker News" (see image[2].)

So I rarely if ever use bookmarks, I can almost always find what I'm looking for by typing in the url bar, or if that fails by searching in history.

1: Are you seated? Good. I don't use tabs, I just open new windows with ctrl-n and use alt-tab & ctrl-w to navigate. I have middle-click set to open in a new window. I use customise to put the "open new window" icon onto my buttons, next to the address bar. I would happily use a version of firefox with no tabs, they add nothing to my life.

2: https://i.imgur.com/loFZ0Mm.jpeg




> I use customise to put the "open new window" icon onto my buttons, next to the address bar.

Note that ctrl-shift-N opens a new window.


> ctrl-shift-N opens a new window

As does ctrl-n, which I mentioned in the comment you're replying to ;-D




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