[tbb-bugs] #6503 [Tor Browser]: Single-word URL bar searching doesn't work

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#6503: Single-word URL bar searching doesn't work
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  tbb-team
  mikeperry              |     Status:  new
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  tbb-usability-stoppoint-navigation,
  Browser                |  uxsprint2015, tbb-firefox-patch
   Resolution:           |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by mcs):

 Testing with Tor Browser 4.0.3 on Mac OS, I confirmed that the Firefox's
 fallback to a keyword-based search does not work in Tor Browser.  This
 shows up on the Browser Console:

 Tor NOTICE: Have tried resolving or connecting to address '[scrubbed]' at
 3 different places. Giving up.

 Interestingly, if I change the browser's proxy settings to not go through
 tor at all this feature works:  a single word takes me to startpage search
 results.  So maybe the "fallback to a search" feature does not work when a
 proxy is configured.  Or at least not when tor is the proxy.

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