Open Bug 1464270 Opened 6 years ago Updated 1 year ago

Autofill suggests a URL I visit often but rarely through the urlbar

Categories

(Firefox :: Address Bar, enhancement, P3)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Address Bar
Type:
enhancement

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People

(Reporter: heycam, Unassigned)

References

(Depends on 1 open bug)

Details

Different issue from bug 1464269.  It used to be that typing "fa" would suggest "facebook.com" and I could just hit Enter to visit it.  Now, the top suggestion is "fastmail.com".  While I do interact with Fastmail a lot (more than Facebook), I very rarely type "fastmail.com" into the address bar (since I have it in a pinned tab) but I always visit Facebook by typing in its address.  My feeling is that because I visit Facebook by typing its address very often, that it should be suggested above Fastmail.
Blocks: 1239708
Component: Address Bar → Places
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
Summary: typing "fa" no longer suggests facebook.com as the top Awesomebar entry → Autofill suggests a URL I visit often but rarely through the urlbar
Priority: -- → P3
See Also: → 1464154
Depends on: 1466233
this is also a matter of muscle memory, like if you would be used to type "fac" the problem would not be apparent.
I think bug 1466233 is the right thing to do here. Another possibility is changing how we calculate frecency for an origin.
Another thing we may do, is fixing "typed" to be really typed, and provide a separate bonus for "pickedFromUI", slightly smaller than typed.
Depends on: 1467631
No longer depends on: 1466233
Depends on: 1597791
Severity: normal → S3
Component: Places → Address Bar
Product: Toolkit → Firefox
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