Forcing autocomplete in location or search bar to go by first letters

When i start typing the first letter in the search or location bar, I want the results to start by the same first letter and not include results that has the same letter in the middle of the title.
For example, when I type in t for twitter.com, I get these results:
megamillions pasT winning numbers
asian salad with soy ginger vinaigreTte
You get the idea, and usually twitter is at the bottom of the list of results. I tried just history, just bookmarks, and history and bookmarks. Nothing works. I have bookmarks in my folder, but I find it quicker to just type in the first letter or two and go from there.
Thanks,
cheanny

For the location bar you can look at this pref:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.urlbar.matchBehavior
You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar.
You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config
For the search bar this is not possible.
There might be an extension that supports this feature, so you can search the Add-ons website.

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