Firefox new tab has a box in the middle of the page for you to click in and enter text to search in your default search engine - and it immediately starts typing in the URL bar. IF I WANTED TO USE THE URL BAR I WOULD CLICK THERE.
Throws me off every time.
At least you are literate and a scholar in self deprecation.
Meself, I can push a space-bar quite good after I recall what I was searching for.