Every day we explore the Internet and therefore, we use different browsers; The preference for any of them is relative, since a few users will be inclined to use Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer for aspects such as privacy or the integration of some of the plugins that make our job much easier and faster at the same time.
But there are a few differences that we may not have taken into account when using different Internet browsers; For example, if you look at the top of Google Chrome and make a small comparison of this interface with that of Mozilla Firefox (like the image proposed at the top), you will admire that In the latter there are 2 fully identified spaces and separated. The one on the left will serve to place the URL address of the page where we want to go, while the one on the right acts as our search engine. Based on this, What would you think if we unified both services in a single bar?
Why unify both environments in Mozilla Firefox
Well, we will try to explain a little more what happens when we use each of these spaces that we mentioned above:
- The URL in the browser. We refer at this moment to the space that is located towards the left side; If we write the URL address of a page, we will jump directly to it, while if we write a word, some addresses that we may have navigated to previously will also be shown.
- Search engine. There we could write any word or phrase so that results are offered in the default search engine.
Well, both environments must be used for a specific need; yes in the first of them Instead of writing a word, we write a whole phrase, the default search engine will immediately be activated and we will have several results on the screen.
In the recent version of Firefox 29, this feature has continued to be maintained, that is, the 2 well-identified spaces for the user to use according to their convenience; returning to our topic, if we want unify both work areas in one place, We will have to rely on a small tool, which comes in the form of a complement to install in this Internet browser; he himself has the name of FooBar and you can download it from its official website or from this link.
How does FooBar work in Mozilla Firefox?
Once we download and install FooBar in our browser, we can already admire that A single space now appears at the top, this is because both areas have been unified in a single environment. The only thing we need to do is write a word or phrase that we are interested in researching.
Without having to press the « keyLog in«, a few results will automatically appear displayed downwards; They are distributed into 2 groups of 5, something that we must fully differentiate to know how to choose one of them:
- In the first group of 5 results we will have suggestions and results from our search engine.
- In the second group of 5 results, different URLs will appear that link to our request.
Right there we could already be choosing one of the suggestions, whether one is supported by the search engine or simply by the URL address that we may have been browsing previously. You can control the configuration according to your needs, thanks to the fact that FooBar allows you to manage a few parameters within it:
In the image that we have placed above you can admire what we have said, that is, that you can customize the use of this add-on for Firefox; for example:
- You have the possibility to disable suggestions.
- You can also define the number of URL suggestions or results.
- You can make URL results take into account your browser history and bookmarks.
We have only mentioned 3 aspects of this configuration, which are the most important to take into account.