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Firefox 77 won't connect to non-domain address bar entries with periods anymore (will - harlan4096 - 01 May 20 Quote: Mozilla plans to change the processing of address bar entries with periods (dots) that are not domain names when it releases Firefox 77. Current versions of Firefox attempt to connect to entries with periods when they are entered in the address bar of the browser. If you enter a phrase like "my.bat" or "console.log", you will get a "Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site." in Firefox currently as Firefox adds https:// in front of the query because it interprets the input as being a domain name that it should connect to. Note that Firefox interprets the phrase as a search term if it contains spaces.Continue Reading |