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Firefox Search In Ubuntu 10.04 Changed To Google

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-call-that-flip-flopping dept.

kai_hiwatari writes "Sometime back Canonical decided to change the default search in Firefox that comes Ubuntu 10.04 to Yahoo! from Google. In a surprising turn-around, Canonical have decided to a ditch Yahoo! for Google. Rick Spencer from Canonical announced that Google will now be the default Firefox search in Ubuntu 10.04, not Yahoo! as was previously decided."

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  1. Yahoo? What's that? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think I'll have to Google that one.

    1. Re:Yahoo? What's that? by Shotgun · · Score: 3, Funny

      Dude, spend some money and get rid of that 486.

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  2. But why? by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps "the brains" over at Canonical decided to finally listen to the open source community that provides the backbone of their business.

    1. Re:But why? by game+kid · · Score: 5, Funny

      Or maybe they just felt lucky.

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  3. For crying out loud... by Angst+Badger · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stuff like this erodes my faith in humanity. No, not that companies make these little placement deals. It's that these little placement deals actually matter because the overwhelming majority of users are too dumb or apathetic to figure out that the search engines and their ordering are easily configurable -- using a handy, point-and-drool GUI interface, no less.

    I can't say I didn't see it coming. Around 1996, when I had AOL users complaining that the articles on my website were "cut off at the bottom of the screen", and I had to explain scrollbars to them, I should have found another career, preferably one that involved frequent use of explosives and heavy earthmoving equipment.

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    1. Re:For crying out loud... by pushing-robot · · Score: 2, Funny

      Around 1996, when I had AOL users complaining that the articles on my website were "cut off at the bottom of the screen", and I had to explain scrollbars to them, I should have found another career, preferably one that involved frequent use of explosives and heavy earthmoving equipment.

      Why bother changing careers?

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  4. The only solution by daranz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I recommend that at install time, the user is presented with a window containing randomly ordered buttons for 6 of the top web search engines on the market today. By selecting one of the buttons, the user makes that search engine the default. This should keep everything fair and everyone happy.

    (now we just need to find 6 search engines that people actually use)

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    1. Re:The only solution by SharpFang · · Score: 3, Funny

      1. piratebay.org torrent search
      2. redtube
      3. cracks.am ...

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  5. Re:Good for them by Achromatic1978 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I've upped my offer. Now, up yours!"

  6. Re:Good for them by __aasqbs9791 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...It doesn't cost you anything to elaborate: ...

    He pays for internet by the character you insensitive clod!

  7. Firefox can keep its bodily functions to itself by GoodNicksAreTaken · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...change the default search in Firefox that comes Ubuntu 10.04 to Yahoo! from Google.

    Apparently I haven't been watching enough Discovery channel as I've never heard of this type of fox procreation before. Does a Firefox come Ubuntu when you Google it or only when you get it to Yahoo?

  8. Re:Good for them by An+ominous+Cow+art · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...It doesn't cost you anything to elaborate: ...

    He pays for internet by the character you insensitive clod!

    Another happy Verizon customer?