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Recently switched back to Firefox. Their search engine selection option is so easy and excellent. On Chrome, non-technical people won't be able to change defau

by neokya 12y ago

Recently switched back to Firefox. Their search engine selection option is so easy and excellent. On Chrome, non-technical people won't be able to change default search engine. Thanks Mozilla.

johansch 12y ago
Yeah, cause so many people would want/need to change the chrome default search :). Firefox fans, it would make more sense for you to preach how good FF is, rather than how you can make it suck less... It is fascinating to watch you guys. You love Firefox OS because of its principles - even though it sucks. You love the Yahoo search engine even though it sucks. That is some religious zeal. Downvotes from zealots incoming...
- untog 12y ago
  There are downvotes because your post is obviously antagonistic, or it wouldn't use terms like "religious zeal". The benefits of open, non-profit motivated software are clear. So it's entirely understandable that people wish Firefox well despite it having some flaws in comparison to Chrome.
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snarfy 12y ago
> On Chrome, non-technical people won't be able to change default search engine. By design. Thanks Google.
sorenjan 12y ago
I strongly prefer the previous search bar UI, and thankfully it's still available through a setting. about:config -> browser.search.showOneOffButtons = false.
- ptx 12y ago
  Thank you! The new design makes my various Arch Linux-related search options impossible to use as they all have the same icon (which shouldn't be a problem – I don't want to have to design a unique icon for every possible thing I want to search). Aside from that, what is the benefit of the new design supposed to be? It looks like it's designed for touch, but Firefox on touch-based platforms has a completely different UI anyway. And even if someone were to use the desktop version of Firefox with touch input, the targets look a bit small. So I don't understand the point of making the UI worse for keyboard and mouse input.
Aloisius 12y ago
Really? It is just a drop down in the Chrome/Preferences on my Mac. I have it currently set to Bing. See the bottom of this screen shot: http://oi59.tinypic.com/nd0fuq.jpg http://oi59.tinypic.com/nd0fuq.jpg
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by neokya 12y ago

Recently switched back to Firefox. Their search engine selection option is so easy and excellent. On Chrome, non-technical people won't be able to change default search engine. Thanks Mozilla.

johansch 12y ago

Yeah, cause so many people would want/need to change the chrome default search :). Firefox fans, it would make more sense for you to preach how good FF is, rather than how you can make it suck less... It is fascinating to watch you guys. You love Firefox OS because of its principles - even though it sucks. You love the Yahoo search engine even though it sucks. That is some religious zeal. Downvotes from zealots incoming...

untog 12y ago
There are downvotes because your post is obviously antagonistic, or it wouldn't use terms like "religious zeal". The benefits of open, non-profit motivated software are clear. So it's entirely understandable that people wish Firefox well despite it having some flaws in comparison to Chrome.
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snarfy 12y ago

> On Chrome, non-technical people won't be able to change default search engine. By design. Thanks Google.

sorenjan 12y ago

I strongly prefer the previous search bar UI, and thankfully it's still available through a setting. about:config -> browser.search.showOneOffButtons = false.

ptx 12y ago
Thank you! The new design makes my various Arch Linux-related search options impossible to use as they all have the same icon (which shouldn't be a problem – I don't want to have to design a unique icon for every possible thing I want to search). Aside from that, what is the benefit of the new design supposed to be? It looks like it's designed for touch, but Firefox on touch-based platforms has a completely different UI anyway. And even if someone were to use the desktop version of Firefox with touch input, the targets look a bit small. So I don't understand the point of making the UI worse for keyboard and mouse input.

Aloisius 12y ago

Really? It is just a drop down in the Chrome/Preferences on my Mac. I have it currently set to Bing. See the bottom of this screen shot: http://oi59.tinypic.com/nd0fuq.jpg http://oi59.tinypic.com/nd0fuq.jpg

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