Firefox new tab has a box in the middle of the page for you to click in and enter text to search in your default search engine - and it immediately starts typing in the URL bar. IF I WANTED TO USE THE URL BAR I WOULD CLICK THERE.
Throws me off every time.
yes, it does, search box and ‘awesomebar’ can be configured to behave differently for search. this handoff messes with that distinction.