Firefox 3 'awesome bar' not (at all) awesome

Created on Jun 17, 20:28 by Rui Carmo, not updated since.
3, bad, design, firefox, idea, impediment, interaction, irritant, ui, usability
I, too, am under the impression that we’re witnessing the troubled birth of one of the most stupid and irritating UI elements of our time, tantamount to Clippy.