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1) Is it possible to change the shortcut for Private window to CTRL Shift N somehow like in Chrome? (instead of Ctrl Shift P). (I like that I could use that shortcut with my left hand (albeit with some nice thumb extension action).)

2) Any way to remove the bottom bar icons when the omni bar completion box shows? ... wait... How do I even edit search engines in Firefox? Like say, typing "yt (space) search term" to do a search on YouTube?

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2) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-search-from-address...

Yeah this isn't the same at all. For example I don't know how to add a custom search like:

http://www.stopforumspam.com/ipcheck/%s

When I add a search via right clicking the search box on that site it doesn't work.

Plus, the completion UX is great on Chrome, as soon as you press space or tab aftert he keyword it confirms with a special UX "Search Wikipediea" for example. Here, you get no feedback whatsoever... if I type sfs 1.1.1.1 is it going to google that, or is it actually going to search StopForumSpam for the IP ? I have no idea until I press enter. :(

UPDATE

Looks like you have to use "keywords for bookmarks"

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_keyword_searches

I see, thanks. It seems the flexibility of entering a custom URL with the %s in it for the search term is lost.

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