platform:
Mint 13 KDE
Firefox 15 [Mint Firefox 1.0]
http://www.linuxmint.com/searchengines.php
following the above instructions doesn't work for me
when i click the drop down menu, google isn't there so i go to manage search engines, a page loads with all sorts of addons, doing a search for google only comes up with google images, and other google addons but not the search
help please
[SOLVED] adding google to default seach engine - firefox
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[SOLVED] adding google to default seach engine - firefox
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Re: adding google to default seach engine - firefox
In Firefox. Go here ==> http://www.linuxmint.com/searchengine_google.php
Follow directions.
Or not?
Weird? Some tricky scripting going on? Or something? Instead of clicking the above link.
Go to the original link posted above: ==> http://www.linuxmint.com/searchengines.php
Then scroll down to: 'Commercial Engines'. Click on 'Google' (6th icon from the left)
Now follow directions...
.
Follow directions.
Or not?
Weird? Some tricky scripting going on? Or something? Instead of clicking the above link.
Go to the original link posted above: ==> http://www.linuxmint.com/searchengines.php
Then scroll down to: 'Commercial Engines'. Click on 'Google' (6th icon from the left)
Now follow directions...
.
Re: adding google to default seach engine - firefox
Here ya go...
The default google search addon..
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... src=search
The default google search addon..
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... src=search
Re: adding google to default seach engine - firefox
thanks ... i did some search on addon page with no luck...colyn wrote:Here ya go...
The default google search addon..
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... src=search
Re: [SOLVED] adding google to default seach engine - firefox
Hi
I had the same or similar problem ie no "add 'your chosen search engine' " in the drop down menu of search engines!
What I at the end found was that for some reason, after a fresh Mint 14 install, Firefox defaulted to be in private browsing mode.
After returning Firefox to it's normal mode, the "add 'search engine' reappeared whenever I chose a another on Mints search engine page.
I had the same or similar problem ie no "add 'your chosen search engine' " in the drop down menu of search engines!
What I at the end found was that for some reason, after a fresh Mint 14 install, Firefox defaulted to be in private browsing mode.
After returning Firefox to it's normal mode, the "add 'search engine' reappeared whenever I chose a another on Mints search engine page.
Re: [SOLVED] adding google to default seach engine - firefox
Thanks for this! I never would've figured this out myself because I always use Firefox in Private browsing mode.nielstest1 wrote:Hi
I had the same or similar problem ie no "add 'your chosen search engine' " in the drop down menu of search engines!
What I at the end found was that for some reason, after a fresh Mint 14 install, Firefox defaulted to be in private browsing mode.
After returning Firefox to it's normal mode, the "add 'search engine' reappeared whenever I chose a another on Mints search engine page.
The need for non-private browsing mode to add search engines should really be mentioned on the search engines page. I ended up using Chromium for months just because I couldn't add Google search to FF.