Closed Bug 1861208 Opened 1 year ago Closed 1 year ago

Option browser.fixup.alternate.enabled is missing in Firefox 119

Categories

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Firefox 119
defect

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RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: lagiann, Unassigned)

Details

Steps to reproduce:

In Firefox 119 enter about:config and try to enable "browser.fixup.alternate.enabled" option.

Actual results:

The option does not exist anymore.

Expected results:

Firefox 119 removed the browser.fixup.alternate.enabled option in about:config (apparently due to bug 1850902), and re-creating it does nothing. This was a very useful feature that saved a lot of time, as you could (with the right configuration) type something like "example" into the address bar and be redirected to "https://www.example.com.cc". So I'd like to ask Mozilla to reconsider this change.

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Firefox::Address Bar' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Component: Untriaged → Address Bar

The pref was removed indeed.
We think autofill and the improved error page are sufficient for vast majority of users, saving a few characters in some cases is not a compelling use case. Plus alternate fixup had security implications we prefer to avoid.
Sorry about that.

Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 1 year ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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