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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.

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

    Or maybe they just felt lucky.

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  3. 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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