(This bug if a fork from my comment here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=958188#c4) Here is a proposal for this feature with the aim to give the user more control whether the typed url (e.g. twitter.com/) will be visited or the search-url (twitter.com/search-home) of the typed url: - let's assume the user types a URL for a page with a search provider (e.g. twitter.com/) - in this case, the first entry in the awesomebar popup changes from (currently): Visit twitter.com to the output: Visit twitter.com <small> Hit the Tab key to search on this page</small> (Think about the <small>...</small> text to be displayed at the bottom of the awesomebar popup entry) - if the user hits the <Tab> key, the output changes to: Search On twitter.com <small> Hit the Tab key to visit this page</small> This might be a good tradeoff between discover-ability of search providers and putting the user still in control which site s/he wants to go to.