Firefox discards URL when server connection times out or fails

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I have two problems with Firefox:

  1. When I type a non-existent server into the address bar, such as

    http://xyz.example.com

    I get "server not found", but when I try to fix the address, Firefox forgets the URL and I need to start all over.

  2. When the server is taking a long time to respond, and I click on the X icon to stop loading the page, the URL disappears as well

In both cases I want the URL to stay there in the address bar, so that I don't have to type it all over again. Is there a setting to make it do that?

I am using Firefox (Iceweasel) 24.7 on Debian Wheezy

Best Answer

This is standard behavior for firefox, I can observe the same in other operating systems. #2 does not happen if you write the address in a new tab, if that can help you. If you think this is a bug please file a bug with firefox.

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