Location Bar Issue

In Firefox 3.6 when I would type the name of a webpage such as CNN, Youtube, or Yahoo into the Location Bar it would automatically take me to that website. Today I decided to give Firefox 4 RC1 a try a few days before the official release, and without changing any of my other settings, now when I enter in CNN without the .com after it, I go to the Google search page for CNN instead of the CNN website.
I have checked in about:config and browser.fixup.alternate.enabled is set to true.

The change between Firefox 3.6.* and Firefox 4 is how location bar search works. In Firefox 3.6 it uses Google "Browse by name" search. With the browse by name search, it performs a Google search and if there is a clear match it will take you to the site, otherwise it shows the Google search result. With Firefox 4 it just performs a Google search if you type something which is not recognised as a URL.
To get the Firefox 3.6 behaviour on Firefox 4 you need to change a hidden preference.
# Type '''about:config''' into the location bar and press enter
# Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
# Locate the preference '''keyword.URL''', double-click on it and change its value to the link shown below
[http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q= http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=]

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