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Re:When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to real... by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday June 26, 2020 @01:13PM (#23654362)
Ew, yeah, that's a pain.

FWIW, and as a workaround and not any sort of defense of FF breaking itself: You could, from an existing page, type what you want in the search box, then middle-click (or ctrl+click) the search button, which opens the result in a new tab. Again, you shouldn't have to do this, but it seems like it'd patch your workflow.

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Re:When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to real... by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday June 27, 2020 @03:56PM (#23664197)
In the end I opted for an extension - it redirects a new tab to a web page of my choosing.

The action is a bit distracting but it happens fast enough that it's not a bother.

I'll note it was the 2nd extension I tried. It may be some onerous Firefox security measure needs to be bypassed & the first extension hadn't managed it yet.

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