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Stupid Query||What's the name of this Google Chrome feature?

10 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/stupid-query-whats-the-name-of-this-google-chrome-feature.158276/

ithehappy
ithehappy Original post #1
Jun 9, 2012 at 2:31 AM
As the title says, it is a stupid query i know but i couldn't find it by googling. What is the name of the feature which loads a website automatically while typing it's address in address bar? I love that feature. Is it possible to have the same in other browsers too?

TIA.
dashing.sujay
Jun 9, 2012 at 2:50 AM
Its due to this:

*i.imgur.com/0sRi3.png
Gauravs90
Jun 9, 2012 at 11:00 AM
No... Its due to this..
*i.imgur.com/lrkZr.png
dashing.sujay
Jun 9, 2012 at 12:25 PM
^He's not talking about auto-completion / prediction of URLs, rather the feature which loads (opens) site at the moment you start typing URL.
Gauravs90
Jun 9, 2012 at 5:11 PM
Yes it;s omnibox

*i.imgur.com/GgSKd.png
R
Jun 9, 2012 at 8:30 PM
Yes we can see that feature in fire fox latest version, and the chrome having the many extensions and now a days we are also getting applications for chrome and fire fox lags to load while your browsing or and buffering but in chrome it is very fast compared to fire fox.
ithehappy
Jun 9, 2012 at 9:47 PM
^He's not talking about auto-completion / prediction of URLs, rather the feature which loads (opens) site at the moment you start typing URL.
Yes that's the one.
So it's Omnibox. But i can't seem to find it in FF!
dashing.sujay
Jun 9, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Sorry but I don't use firefox.
TSPatange_1309
Jun 13, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Are you talking about Auto complete / Auto filling of the URL in the Omnibox? Yup it is available on Firefox & Opera too :)
ithehappy
ithehappy #10
Jun 13, 2012 at 7:25 PM
Are you talking about Auto complete / Auto filling of the URL in the Omnibox? Yup it is available on Firefox & Opera too :)

No.
I am taking about the Auto loading of a web address while typing it.