Re:Firefox 60 released
by Karunamon on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @01:23PM
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That's significantly more defensible (it has to search somewhere by default, and most engines are known by their logos, and Google is the only search engine worth a crap) than imposing paid sites on you by default.
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No, they could innovate by making a web browser that browses the web. Search is a prime candidate for extension functionality.
I've no desire to go back to the days of per-vendor search plugins like we had back around IE7, and neither do most.
Re:Firefox 60 released
by Mediterraneo10 on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @02:30PM
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Search has been a basic part of using the web for years now. All browsers support the OpenSearch standard. Now, you may feel it would be better for a user to have to manually add Google to their search bar, but relegating search entirely to an extension is an odd suggestion.
Re:Firefox 60 released
by idonotknowwhy on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @11:17PM
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And having installed Linux Mint a lot of times, I can tell you that having to switch from a non-google default search in Firefox is really annoying.