reassign 363110 firefox tags 363110 wontfix thanks * Isaac Freeman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Package: mozilla-firefox > Version: 1.0.7-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Firefox by default uses a google.com based search engine, and goes to the > firefox.com google search homepage. I feel this is an unnecessary > feature, and is an extention of the complaint the Microsoft's Internet > Explorer defaults to MSN search. Perhaps a seperate package could be created > for the google.com search plugin and listed as a suggested/recommended > package. I realize there is nothing against the Debain policy in supported a > for-profit corporation, but while taking into consideration the revelations > at google-watch.org and other sites I feel this is against the spirit > of Debian in that it favors one for-profit over alternatives, i.e. clusty.com > or yahoo.com. Maybe the default could be scroogle.org, or perhaps > simply have no default searches, and just list a few of them as recommended > packages.
Some search engine has to be the default, and Google is the most popular right now by far. No default will make everyone happy. But I feel it's safe to say the more will complain than will be happy if I made this change. -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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