As you type, the name is still being sent to Google for search suggestions with every keystroke until the final "/".

If you prefix with "http://", no requests are made to Google (except "h", "ht", "htt", "http", and "http:")

> If you prefix with "http://", no requests are made to Google (except "h", "ht", "htt", "http", and "http:")

This seems surprising to me. Can you back up this claim?

If you have search suggestions enabled then "http:" will be sent. Firefox disables them in Private Browsing mode for this reason.

- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-suggestions-fire...

No I get that part.

I guess I just had a different interpretation of "no requests are made to Google". It seems "no requests" was intended to be "no search suggestion requests" and not "no requests that leak this information to google".

> If you have search suggestions enabled then "http:" will be sent

What's the point of sending those characters?

Search Suggestions. You typed "h", maybe you want to search for "harpoons". "ht" might suggest "htaccess". "http" might be a search for "httpie". etc.

Yes, of course :-P

Wow, a usefull shortcut I was not aware of. Thanks.