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Firefox finally gets "paste and go" in FF4 nightly
Other browsers like Chrome and Opera can do it, and they've been doing it for ages. There are add-ons that let Firefox do it, but if it's such a useful feature, why hasn't it been included out-of-the-box?
"It" is paste and go, and like sync functionality, it has finally been permanently bolted on to Firefox. In recent nightly builds of Firefox 4, you can right-click to paste a URL and go to it without pressing enter -- or paste and go to search any copied text. To be fair, you could already right-click highlighted text and choose to search with your default engine in Firefox, but the absence of paste and go has often made me wonder "why?"
It's yet another feature addition to Firefox 4, which is racking up quite a lengthy list during its beta phase. As always, you can download the latest nightly build of Firefox 4 from Mozilla or check for updates in Minefield's about screen.
[via Mozilla Links]
"It" is paste and go, and like sync functionality, it has finally been permanently bolted on to Firefox. In recent nightly builds of Firefox 4, you can right-click to paste a URL and go to it without pressing enter -- or paste and go to search any copied text. To be fair, you could already right-click highlighted text and choose to search with your default engine in Firefox, but the absence of paste and go has often made me wonder "why?"
It's yet another feature addition to Firefox 4, which is racking up quite a lengthy list during its beta phase. As always, you can download the latest nightly build of Firefox 4 from Mozilla or check for updates in Minefield's about screen.
[via Mozilla Links]
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Subscribe to commentsPraveen PremchandranSep 23rd 2010 6:44AM
Finally!!!
Praveen PremchandranSep 23rd 2010 6:45AM
@Lee Mathews,
You get up awfully early in the morning.. :P (don't matter for me, I'm on Indian Std time)
David LevineSep 23rd 2010 6:45AM
Though this seems like a small feature, it is definitely missed in other browsers after using Chrome. I'm really looking forward to the release of Firefox 4.
RichardSep 23rd 2010 8:15AM
I'd be more excited if it was the ability to right-click a non-hyperlinked URL in a web-page and be able to navigate directly to that.
At the moment, you have to copy it from the page and then paste it into the URL bar.
I know there are scripts out there to detect non-hyperlinked URL's in page text and correctly hyperlink them - but all of them seem to fail only but the most basic of addresses.
DarakSep 23rd 2010 9:32AM
As it stands right now, if you highlight the link, then right click on it, the context menu now treats it like a regular link: Offering open, open in new tab, and open in new window. Not quite as troublefree as the good ol' Linkification add-on, but an improvement nonetheless.
OskieeSep 23rd 2010 9:38AM
Never knew chrome or opera had this, but it makes sense to have a feature like this. I know i'll miss it once i get it.
ColeSep 23rd 2010 10:42AM
This functionality has been there for years and IMHO easier to use than Paste&Go in the address bar.
Yes I'm talking about middle-click anywhere on the page. In more recent builds I think it was turned off by default, replaced by the multi-direction scroll thing.
In Linux you get auto-copy, so you just select the text and middle-click and viola, you're there.
AnthonySep 23rd 2010 1:29PM
I've yet to use this in either Chrome or Opera.... I take that back, I used it once.
minibarSep 23rd 2010 2:49PM
after trying latest minefield nightly i'm grateful for paste/go, builtin pdf renderer, and i'm wowed by still incomplete ui improvements. yet, mozilla must do things like eliminate the need for the titlesave addon per any relevant browsers, and announce some kind of art truce with the open source community--iceweasel, because it's this sum of annoyances that mar firefox.
being a firefox fan since pre-1.0 days, i never expected to make chrome my primary browser (college experiment?,) but as much as i long to return and as much as it has improved, it's not going to be easy, fast, or certain. i use firefox for serious work due to the amazing addons and tweakability; chrome's locked down api is insufferable, but for casual use its fleet footedness and simplicity are very seductive.
firefox is back in the game impressively, but they're not home yet.
mehdiSep 24th 2010 6:26PM
I've been mentioned this to the feedbacks of Firefox 4 beta series :)