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I am 100% certain that when I updated to Firefox latest, my default search engine was changed. Give me just a moment to reconfirm. Edit: Just confirmed. Instal

by debacle 12y ago

I am 100% certain that when I updated to Firefox latest, my default search engine was changed. Give me just a moment to reconfirm. Edit: Just confirmed. Installed FF 30. Turned off the option to receive search updates. Updated to latest, provider was still changed to Yahoo.

jdp23 12y ago
mine wasn't changed: it was DDG before, and still is.
- deleted 12y ago
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nissimk 12y ago
My wife was complaining about that same thing. She was like "What the heck is Yahoo search?!? Is that even a thing?"
TD-Linux 12y ago
The default search changes if you have never touched the search option.
- geoelectric 12y ago
  It probably changed even if you switched away from Google and back to it at some point. Firefox checks the pref value, and if it equals the default it considers it a reset and removes it from the prefs override file. There's no way to hard set the equivalent of the default value. But as mentioned elsewhere, now that the default is Yahoo, changing it to Google should stick forever.