Re: Automatic URL completion

On 08/13/16 07:34 PM, Doug Bissett wrote:
> I am having a problem. Firefox will automatically try adding "www." in
> front, and ".com" at the end, of a partial URL. For instance, if I
> type:
> eComStation
> it will try:
> eComStation.com
> and
> www.eComStation.com
> (possibly a couple of others).
>
> Okay, my problem is that I have a D-LINK DIR-506L WiFi gizmo that is
> supposed to detect:
> dir-506l.local
>
> In windows, it always finds it. In eCS, it never finds it, and pops up
> a 404 saying it can't find:
> www.dir-506l.local
>
> Of course it can't find it, there is no "www." at the front.
>
> Any ideas?  Thanks...

Go to about:config and search for fixup or fixup.alternative. It'll give 
you a few choices such as enabled, default suffix and default prefix. 
Perhaps disable it or change the default prefix to an empty string.
Dave