Disable address bar auto-complete?

I see by searching that this problem goes back 4 years. Have they seriously not added a simple checkbox to turn this feature on and off? Adding a space before typing a URL is an effective workaround if you have to remember it EVERY TIME you type in the address bar. Does anyone know a better workaround?

Did anyone ever discover the fix or solution to this? I am trying to solve this as well. Turning on privacy. Clearly cache, browser history, autofill, etc. none of them seem to fix the issue that as soon as you start typing something in the URL field of the browser, it starts flashing a bunch of websites that might closely match what you might type in. Very annoying and disruptive.

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You're welcome. Glad to help.
I don't think hacking is the answer, as there are a multitude of files involved. There really ought to be a disable option, however, it may not be that simple given the integration with History, Bookmarks, Cache files etc. Perhaps Safari 3 will offer something different.
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I use numerous username/password combinations to log onto an ftp site in the following form:
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