Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

[Ernst Sjöstrand]

Hi,

will you change the keyword.URL setting also, which is currently set to Google?
It's used when you type random stuff into the address bar.

Regards
/Ernst

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 21:03, Rick Spencer <rick.spencer at canonical.com> wrote:
> All -
>
> I am writing to apprise you of two small but important changes coming to
> Firefox in Lucid.  I have asked the desktop team to start preparing
> these changes to make them available in Lucid as soon as reasonably
> possible. Probably on the order of weeks.
>
> Change #1
> In Lucid, the default home page will respect the search provider
> settings that you have set in the "Chrome". (The "Chrome" is Mozilla's
> term for the little search box to the upper right, reachable by
> control-K, for instance). For Lucid, this will definitely work for
> switching between Google and Yahoo!, we don't yet know what other
> providers will be in scope for Lucid. If a user has Google set as their
> search provider,they will have exactly the experience they do today. If
> they switch to Yahoo!, the default home page will switch to using a
> Yahoo! search. If they switch back to Google, the default home page will
> switch back to using the Google search, exactly like today. Searching
> from Chrome will continue to work exactly as it does today.
>
> Change #2
> Change #2 is changing the default search provider in Firefox to Yahoo!
> Note that this won't in any way effect the ability of a user to choose
> and use the search provider of their choice. It's literally 2 easily
> discoverable clicks to change this setting, a simple matter of switching
> to that search provider in the chrome by clicking on the icon and
> choosing the desired provider. Note also that Yahoo! does not share any
> personally identifiable or usage information.
>
> Why?
> I am pursuing this change because Canonical has negotiated a revenue
> sharing deal with Yahoo! and this revenue will help Canonical to provide
> developers and resources to continue the open development of Ubuntu and
> the Ubuntu Platform. This change will help provide these resources as
> well as continuing to respect our user's default search across Firefox.
>
> Cheers, Rick
>
>
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