[88trh]

The separate URL and search bars are the one reason I don't switch. Such a silly UI feature that feels years behind other browsers.

I know you can get rid of it, but then I have to fiddle around with about:config to get it working as I want it to out of the box. All very strange.

[gnud]

I love the separate boxes.

I really like that when I type the name of a local server, my browser doesn't search for it.

I also like that I can search my history and bookmarks without my keypresses being sent to google/bing.

[mrec]

It's not strange. You might not care about or agree with the reasons behind this decision, but personally I find a concern for user privacy - don't send keystrokes to Google until and unless the user indicates that they're searching - very refreshing in this day and age.

[AndrewDucker]

I want them separate.

If I want get things from my history then that's one box, if I want to search then it's a different one. Two completely different sets of suggestions, for different purposes.

Works perfectly.

[deong]

I'm with you on the superiority of a unified search/URL bar, but why would you resist a one-time tweak that takes 15 seconds and fixes the problem forever? Or just install the Omnibar extension, for that matter.

If that's literally the one reason you don't switch, and that one reason can be handled with no more effort than swapping the shortcuts on your desktop, I just don't get it.

[_random_]

Also Google is now testing GUI where Chrome's URL bar replaces the Google's search bar!