Comment 16 for bug 387822

In the Firefox Browsing Basics training manual it explains how to
accomplish this:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Browsing+basics#Navigating_to_another_page

It's the tip listed under this section.

We're not going to make Firefox inconsistent with the rest of Linux
Browsers.

Also, you're making a big assumption there about what people do with
their browser. If you want to have a discussion, please start one on
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com and see the type of feedback you get. This
is not the place to discuss this.

Wouter Stomp wrote:
> The functionality of the address bar for most people is only to go to a
> completely different website, not to edit or copy parts of url's. This
> isn't about making Ubuntu into Windows, but about making firefox easier
> to use.
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