463501 - Commonly-visited location bar items not being given top spot in results

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Ryan Fugger]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008101315 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008101315 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.3

I'm having an issue with the ordering of items in the FF3 location bar. When I type "red" into the location bar, I get the following results:

1. newest submissions : reddit.com (http://www.reddit.com/new/)
2. reddit.com (http://reddit.com/)
3. reddit.com: submit (http://reddit.com/submit)
4. reddit.com: what's new online! (http://www.reddit.com/)
etc.

Now, no matter how much I select #4, and don't select any of the other ones (and hardly ever visit the other ones compared to #4), #4 stays in that position and doesn't move up the list. Isn't the location bar supposed to be smart and adapt to my behaviour over time?

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Ryan, your assessment of how it's supposed to work is correct; what are the "Visit Count" values for each respective URL?  You can context-click the sort widgets to add "Visit Count"

Comment 2

[Ryan Fugger]

Thanks for looking into this Stephen.  I got tired of the behaviour and implemented my own workaround by deleting the items above #4 from the results.  So I don't think I'll be able to tell you the visit count for items 1-3, although I can assure you they were in the 10-20 range, if not lower, while #4 was well above 100.

So I can get the visit count if this bug reoccurs (I have already experienced one reoccurence, although it is not happening currently), can you explain a little more how I'm supposed to find visit count for each url?  What sort widgets do I context click, and where do I find them?  Thanks.

Comment 3

[Ryan Fugger]

OK, I've got one possible reoccurrence, although it's not nearly as blatant as the original, so it might not be a great example:

When I type "glo" into the location bar, I get:

1. globeandmail.com (http://globeandmail.com/) 143 visits
2. globeandmail.com: Canada's National Newspaper (http://theglobeandmail.com) 169 visits

The first redirects to the second.  I'll be watching to see what happens as I continue to select the second result.  When should I expect it to be #1?

Comment 4

[Ryan Fugger]

Another, better reoccurrence:

When I type "red":

1. politics (http://www.reddit.com/r/politics), 5 visits, last 02/11/08
2. overview for rfugger (http://www.reddit.com/user/rfugger/), 23 visits, last 22/10/08
3. reddit.com: what's new online (http://www.reddit.com/), 355 visits, last 3:29 pm today (14/11/08)

Strangely, when I add another "d" to get "redd" in the location bar, the results seem to order fine, and earlier this afternoon I was getting fine results when type "red"...

Comment 5

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Go to Bookmarks | Organize Bookmarks, and context-click on either Name, Tags, or Location, and add "Visit Count", though judging from comment 3 and comment 4, looks like you found it :-) (Sorry for the late reply.)

Some of this might be tricky if the sites use an <iframe>; not sure why, in comment 4, #2 comes up before #3, though.

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.10 or later in safe mode or a fresh profile? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 7

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply from reporter, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.