The bookmark bar has the "Most Visited" sites: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/bookmarks-toolbar-display-favorite-websites Looks like there is no option to restore this functionality in the address bar since it was removed 4 years ago: https://www.ghacks.net/2020/06/08/how-to-display-most-visited-pages-in-firefoxs-address-bar/
I use the new tab screen as my homepage, I've set it to show 3 rows in the grid and it's populated by the most visited sites. Make sure to turn off sponsored links and pocket.
I pin my personal favourites so they stop moving around in order.
It's not the functionality you use. I agree I find the default list from the address bar pointless - I don't need my search history, and when I do type to search I want to see my bookmarks but instead I get a confused list of history and bookmarks mixed up.
I don't like how Firefox has taken so many design cues from Chrome. Chrome is not the epitome of browsers or good design - it dominates because of Google shoving it down everyone's throats. Some of what it did to streamline and speed up browser made sense but mostly what it does is push Googles products, so of course it pushes search and your search history in the address bar - Google wants you back on its site where it cna sell you to advertisers.
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