AwesomeBar Tweak Guide 
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The suggestion to adjust in about:config is the key. This is where the real changes can be made, and avoids the need for extensions. I’ll list the ones relevant with a bit about the value that will achieve your most desired behavior.
browser.urlbar.maxRichResults
This setting is only really useful if you either want to remove the autocomplete function entirely, or limit the list to a shorter length on your screen real estate, now that titles are a part of the result. Setting to 0 (zero) will just stop all autocomplete results.
browser.urlbar.matchBehavior
This setting will have the greatest impact on how your results are found, regardless of what sort of results you remove from the ones available (which will be limited in following entries). I’ve not seen results as I’d expect from this setting yet, but I’m not done working with it. A setting of 0 (zero) should give you a result of finding your URLs based on what you type being anywhere in the URL or page title. A setting of 1 should result in placing of what you type anywhere in the title or URL being first, followed by the URL or title beginning with what you type. A setting of 2 should result in only showing results based on what you type being at the beginning of the URL or page title.
places.frecency.unvisitedBookmarkBonus
This preference set to 0 (zero) will remove the bookmarks you haven’t visited from your results.
places.frecency.bookmarkVisitBonus
This preference set to 0 (zero) will remove the bookmarks you have visited from your results.
places.frecency.unvisitedTypedBonus
This preference set to 0 (zero) will remove URLs that you haven’t visited from your results, but I can’t quite understand where it’s getting the URLs from based on this pref’s name. I don’t think many of us type a URL we don’t then visit. At any rate, setting this to zero should preclude some odd results you don’t want from showing up.
The Stylish Way:
Stylish Plus this: http://userstyles.org/styles/8067
Addons:
Hide Unvisited Addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7429
OldBar Addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6227
Old Location Bar: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7637
Location Bar Limit: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7674
Mozilla:
How to disable the Smart Location Bar: http://support.mozilla.com/en-…the+Smart+Location+Bar
Video: Disable Firefox 3’s ‘awesome bar’: http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9971026-2.html
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