What happend to the address bar prediction service?

Hello,
In Firefox 3.6 if i typed something something in the address bar, like Firefox addons, it would take me straight to addons.mozilla.com, instead of just a Google search of it, this is one the features that i really like about Firefox, but in Firefox beta 4 it doesn't work.

If you don't want to mess around with about:config, There is a small, restartless addon aptly named Browse By Name that can do the job for you. Link here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/browse-by-name/

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