Re: The long term plan
"With Firefox, you type <ctrl>-T rm_or_address.... oh .... it's bloody Fiorefox again."
Genuine inquiry as this doesn't happen to me.
Ctl-T opens a new tab with the cursor in the address box. It happens so quickly that I can't type anything after the Ctl-T that doesn't appear in the box. Mind I'm using a pretty quick laptop (i7)
Firefox 50.1.0, OpenSUSE 13.2
Also I don't lose UI settings during updates.