# "S" = McDonald's? (FireFox question) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 11, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-mcdonalds-firefox-question/339507 "2006-01-11T16:38:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-mcdonalds-firefox-question/339507/21 "2006-01-13T06:45:08Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Are you typing it in the URL bar and not the search bar? What version do you have? Version 1.0.3 – at home – This one just goes to a Yahoo! search results page. The one at work goes to the Google search results page. Yes, I am typing it in the URL bar, not the search bar. But neither home nor work versions of Firefox produce the OPs results for me. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-mcdonalds-firefox-question/339507/22 "2006-01-13T08:27:05Z")
I typed S in the URL bar, and it took me to [petersons.com](http://petersons.com). Typed it again, and it came up with McDonald’s. Something tells me those 2 are passively jockeying for the top spot for the search. A quick re-Google (which initially showed McD’s as the first hit) shows that Peterson’s has, for the moment, taken the lead again. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-mcdonalds-firefox-question/339507/23 "2006-01-13T09:14:54Z")
**aa** gets you American Airlines **ab** gets you Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley **ac** gets you Air Canada … ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-mcdonalds-firefox-question/339507/24 "2006-01-14T01:51:12Z")
> [@KlondikeGeoff](#): > > Just tried it. Yup, that is odd indeed. > > You do know, dontcha’, that if you just type in a name (such as “google”) and hit Ctrl + Enter, it puts the “[http://www](http://www).” before and the".com" after and takes you right there? Same with shift-enter and ctrl-shift-enter except you’ll get .net and .org respectively. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-mcdonalds-firefox-question/339507/25 "2006-01-14T05:14:37Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I understand. I’m just saying that in Firefox, when I do what the OP says (typing “s” in the URL bar), it doesn’t automatically go to McDonald’s, but the Google results page. I believe that search technique is spelled out in your “Quick Searches” folder in bookmarks. For sure the “goto abc def” will do a Google I’m Feeling Lucky search for “abc def”, and I’m not sure exactly what causes search terms typed with no first word. But maybe yours was deleted or overwritten. I’ve created my own quick searches in Firefox, for example typing “map 1314 E Riverside St, Jackson, MS” does a search in Google Maps for that address. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-mcdonalds-firefox-question/339507/26 "2006-01-14T19:50:12Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > **aa** gets you American Airlines > **ab** gets you Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley > **ac** gets you Air Canada > … ba gets you British Airways ua gets you United Airlines Thanks, I now know what I’ll be doing with the rest of my weekend… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-mcdonalds-firefox-question/339507.md?page=1)