I think they're all trying to do crap like this. FF3 has turned entering a URL into the browser bar into a game of trying to outwit its internal search mechanism. In FF2, you entered the first couple of letters of the URL and bang the one you wanted popped up from your previous visits. In FF3, that might happen or you might get something completely unrelated. I've learned to type instead the most unusual word in the address or title - and even then sometimes it throws up completely inexplicable matches. And Chrome is just crazy because it searches Google at the same time.

I guess the idea (esp for IE and FF) is to wrest control of your entire browsing experience and build in search, but it sure isn't ready for prime time.

wg