Problem: A user can be typing a URL into the address field when the browser changes the URL in the middle of typing. Instances where this happens: 1. New window. User launches Mozilla (or hits Ctrl+N) and immediately begins typing a URL. If Mozilla is set to load a homepage it may complete loading before the user has finished, replacing whatever they wrote. 2. With refreshes/redirects. A user starts typing just before a refresh/redirect occurs. Redirect occurs, replacing whatever they wrote. Solution: If the user begins typing (or highlighting) a URL, the address field should be prevented from changing due to page loads etc. Once focus moves from the field and perhaps even a few seconds after that, the browser can restore the field to the current URL. On a personal note, this problem bugs the hell out of me because IE, NS and now Mozilla all suffer from it. On a slow link the problem is exacerbated because the slower load times make it more likely that you will start typing a new URL before the current page has finished loading.

changing os, platform to all. This is definitely a very annoying behavior.

Over to UI:DF for discussion first.

aaand it's a dup. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 15050 ***

vrfy dupe of bug 15050 page load shouldn't overwrite text typed into the url bar