57 and no search bar is going to cause me to leave. I just had the unfortunate experience of previewing this thanks to the wonderful Search Shield Survey add-on. I couldn't possibly do that for 30 days. I couldn't even do it for 2 days! Doing it forever... yuck!!!
The search bar is a major aspect to my workflow. A) This is most important actually, I am able to configure to always open in a new tab - I do not have to use Alt+Enter to open in a new tab. B) When I close my search results and then need to go back, the last thing I searched for is preserved. C) When I want to tweak my search, the last thing I searched for is already there. D) When I have to search for many different aspects related to a single subject, the last thing I searched for is preserved. E) When I think I might get better results from another search engine, the last thing I searched for is already there. (Hmm, maybe there is a pattern here?)
My understanding is that 57 will let me choose to configure the
I am just worried that a few release down the line, Firefox will only support this omnibar thing. @Mozilla - you should know, if you are going to insist on being the same as the other browsers in the world, I will switch to one of them. I will switch to Chrome.
I will leave out of spite, not because the others are suddenly better, but because