Tweak the Firefox Auto Completion

Whenever you start writing text into the address bar Firefox tries to auto complete the text by comparing it with previously entered text. The default way of handling and comparing is not optimal and there are several ways to configure the settings to become more effective.

I did find three options that can be changed that make a difference. The first requires that links have to being with the phrase that you are typing, the second searches in normal text as well and the third option is the time that Firefox waits for new keystrokes before showing results.

You have to change them in the Firefox configuration file. Type about:config in the address bar and filter for the following phrases:

accessibility.typeaheadfind.startlinksonly Set this to true if your links have to start with the phrase that you are typing.

accessibility.typeaheadfind.linksonly Set this to false if you want to search in entered text as well

accessibility.typeaheadfind.timeout Change that value which is the time in ms Firefox waits for new keystrokes before showing suggestions.