139609 - If the user has typed words separated by spaces, go straight to web search

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 114892

(SeaMonkey :: Location Bar, enhancement)

Description

[Zack Weinberg (:zwol)]

Currently, if I type for example "mozilla evangelism" into the URL bar and
push Return, Mozilla tries to look up the domain name 
<www.mozilla evangelism.com>.  There is no such host, and there _can't_ be:
spaces are not allowed in DNS names.  However, there can be quite a long
delay before the DNS query fails, and if I push stop during this, the
browser tends to get confused (which is a separate bug).

I believe it would be more sensible for Mozilla to notice the space and
assume that the user intended to do a web search instead.  It's easy to
forget to push down-arrow (to select "Search for "mozilla evangelism"").

Comment 1

[John Levon]

I'll return to this soon, but it's a dupe (and yes it should be done)

zach: simple work around: enable internet keyword and set google/whatever
as your search. Works a treat.

Comment 2

[Zack Weinberg (:zwol)]

Yeah, that does work.  Thanks for the tip.

Comment 3

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 114892 ***