Comment 168 for bug 66566

(In reply to :Gijs (he/him) from comment #153)
> (In reply to Abhro from comment #152)
> > I do have history turned off, but visit previously visited sites that I do
> > know that TLD for and do not need to search for, thus pressing
> > [Ctrl+]Shift+Enter for .net / .org directly. I see the usefulness in being
> > able to open new windows from the awesome bar, but the .net / .org is still
> > widely enough used TLDs
>
> IME, less so across the globe - that is, if I'm in (say) France, I'd
> probably prefer `.fr`, in South Africa, .za, etc.
>
> The .net/.org shortcut was always hardcoded, and as noted before, no other
> browser has shortcuts for any other domains.
From a Belgian guy living in Luxembourg and Australia: Nope, you're wrong. .com, .net and .org are the most common extensions I type.
>
> > that such autocomplete is desired behavior for some.
> > Any advice on reverting the behavior, or making a toggle between 'TLD
> > autocomplete' and 'open address in new window' possible?
>
> You can control the suffix of `.com` and change it to something else using
> the `browser.fixup.alternate.suffix` pref in about:config , if you like. You
> could also use bookmarks for the sites you use regularly enough that you
> know the TLD, so that you don't need a modifier key at all and can probably
> hit enter sooner (TBH, I suspect this is likely to be an improvement for
> your usecase). As I already said in comment #150, I don't think we'll bring
> back (an option to use) separate modifier keys for .net/.org. Marco, can you
> confirm?
This is still bad.

I all liked the 3 shortcuts. Bring them back. There was no reason to disable them.