Make Mint Custom Search Bar in Firefox Optional...

[Carl]

I realise that the search feature contributes what I believe to be considerable funds to Linux Mint (and I choose to leave it as default for this very reason) however it can confuse and upset certain people so I propose that at some point during or after the install (maybe on Mint Welcome?) in latter versions of Mint that there is a check-box (auto-checked) which will let people choose to have The Mint Custom Google Search or to use the standard Google search.

Maybe stating something like this next to the check-box:

Please understand that by not choosing to use the Mint Search bar you are denying the Linux Mint project a large source of it's income and this could lead to less development in the future due to a lack of funds.However if you still would like to use the default Google search bar please consider a small donation

so what do you think?

[merlwiz79]

The extension has nothing to do with what the default search engine is.
That comes from Firefox itself.
The extension also can be disabled from the addons options.

[Carl]

The extension has nothing to do with what the default search engine is.
That comes from Firefox itself.
The extension also can be disabled from the addons options.

I mean the search engine bar... I knew what I meant

[merlwiz79]

I mean the search engine bar... I knew what I meant

Yea, the extension has nothing to do with that.
You can add the normal Goggle one if you want.

[Carl]

I mean the search engine bar... I knew what I meant

Yea, the extension has nothing to do with that.
You can add the normal Goggle one if you want.

no I know I'm just saying that it would be nice to give an option on the installer

[DrHu]

I just add the Firefox addon: customizegoogle and ignore it..
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/743
Oh, I also just use http://www.scroogle.org/scraper.html
--as the homepage and google screenscaper

[Jaminloh]

I use google search to do quick math and currency conversions unfortunately when I do it with the Linux mint fire fox.. it just doesn't work. Is there any way to use the standard google search?

* I worked it out

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 0&p=164348