I upgraded to Lucid Beta 1 last night. Now Bing is my default search engine and I see no way to change it. Anyone else seeing this? Anyone know how to undo it?
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Re: How did Bing become Firefox's default search engine?
Well, I looked at extensions and saw "Ubuntu Firefox Customizations". I disabled that and now Google is the default search engine again. Totally stupid! As long as the customizations are enabled, there seems to be no way to set my preferred search engine as the default. If this keeps up, I'll need a new distro.
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Re: How did Bing become Firefox's default search engine?
Sounds like canonical got in bed with m$
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When my FireFox upgraded I noticed that it was set to use Yahoo, not Bing, nor my preference, Google, which was selected before the upgrade. I clicked on the dropdown combo and reset it back to Google.
I wondered what that "Customization" was for. Now I will remove it."A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
– John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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Re: How did Bing become Firefox's default search engine?
I see now what happened. I had installed an add-on to Firefox called Foobar. It gives you one box for both searching and URL entry, like Chrome. But it also interferes with your ability to select a search engine. Somehow, enabling the Ubuntu customizations moved Bing into the top slot. I don't think Ubuntu has made a deal with the devil.
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Re: How did Bing become Firefox's default search engine?
Originally posted by jcphilI don't think Ubuntu has made a deal with the devil.Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes
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This is a totally misguided reply. The Foobar extension by itself NEVER sets Bing as the default search engine. Bing is only set when both the Foobar AND the Ubuntu customizations are enabled at the same time. By your logic, I should also be asking Ubuntu how this happens.
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Sorry. I read, but didn't 'see' what you commented on:
"Somehow, enabling the Ubuntu customizations moved Bing into the top slot."Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes
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Re: How did Bing become Firefox's default search engine?
I noticed lately there are a bunch of Firefox themes added that set the default to bing and I believe it also installs some toolbar. Anyway that is what happened to me - and I thought screw this, I just wanted the theme, and not for it to switch my search provider & add a toolbar - so I immediately uninstalled it. I guess I should of read all the details before.
As for Ubuntu switching over to Yahoo, that doesn't really impress me either. I know they need to make money and went with whoever pays the best, but I don't know how profitable it will be for them as I assume many will just switch to google anyway. I know I don't know anyone who prefers yahoo or bing over google.
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Re: How did Bing become Firefox's default search engine?
LinuxToday always had (has?) Microsoft ads on its front page. The most notorious, and now most funny, is "The Highly Reliable Times". I never objected because as long as MS is paying part of LT's bill but I don't have to pay attention to the ad I didn't care.
I see it the same way with Canonical, MONO, Bing and other MS nuisances. As long as I can switch from Yahoo to Google, and keep MONO totally off my Kubuntu installation, Canonical can milk MS for what ever MS will bear. Force me to use Bing, or make MONO unremovable from Kubuntu -- that will cause me to move to another distro ... not that Canonical would care. They are obviously moving toward the corporate server and desktop market. Joe and Sally sixpacks are of no interest to them."A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
– John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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