Mozilla Ends Relationship with Google

[dalekphalm]

Meh easy to switch. Also, you know what... Yahoo search is not half bad. I have been giving it a chance since the announcement, and it does a fairly good job. At leats for current search.

I agree, I literally fixed it in 5 seconds. But the point is that they did not ask my permission. They changed my settings without my knowledge. I do not find that acceptable. It shouldn't matter if Yahoo is good or not. I chose my default search provider specifically for a reason. What if I liked DuckDuckGo or something else? What if I had it set to Amazon Search because I'm a shopaholic?

 

I have no problem with Yahoo Search specifically. It's the fact that they changed my settings during an upgrade install, not a clean install.

 

I would have been OK with it, if they had some sort of "Pop up" that said "Hey, try Yahoo search out! Or click over here *insert tiny button that is overshadowed by Yahoo* to continue to use your current default!"

[Mooshi]

I'd rather throw gigs of extra ram at Chrome than have that disgusting Yahoo search be default. Hell, i'd rather have Bing forced on me before using Yahoo.

[GoodBytes]

I'd rather throw gigs of extra ram at Chrome than have that disgusting Yahoo search be default. Hell, i'd rather have Bing forced on me before using Yahoo.

Yahoo uses Bing recently

[StingBull]

I agree, I literally fixed it in 5 seconds. But the point is that they did not ask my permission. They changed my settings without my knowledge. I do not find that acceptable. It shouldn't matter if Yahoo is good or not. I chose my default search provider specifically for a reason. What if I liked DuckDuckGo or something else? What if I had it set to Amazon Search because I'm a shopaholic?

I have no problem with Yahoo Search specifically. It's the fact that they changed my settings during an upgrade install, not a clean install.

I would have been OK with it, if they had some sort of "Pop up" that said "Hey, try Yahoo search out! Or click over here *insert tiny button that is overshadowed by Yahoo* to continue to use your current default!"

Maybe it only changed it because you were using Google, the default engine before.

[LAwLz]

-snip-

I agree. It's not that Yahoo search is bad (although I do think it is, and the BingItOn test I did when it was launched showed me that for my searches, Google won pretty much every time). It's that they changed it without telling him. Changing settings for the user when they upgrade is a big no-no, at least if you do it secretly.

It didn't change for me though. Maybe it's because I am on the developer channel?

[MoonSpot]

@dalekphalm

Yea they automagically changed mine too.  But the very next nano second they launched the wizard (just like the image your showing) that even had tool tips show how to change it anything the user wants.  also pop ups might not pop up for many ppl cause of blockers.

Not something I'd get upset over.  Had they not told me and I had to find out I would then be pretty pissed though.

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

yeah , Mozilla used to be good back in 2007

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

How to remove Yahoo as Firefox's default search engine

Source :  http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-remove-yahoo-as-firefoxs-default-search-engine/

[IdortMasterRace]

Google shills, please go.

 

[GoodBytes]

In Firefox defense. I am sure it was a hard decision on their part.

If they didn't change to Yahoo, very little to no one one would use it. Meaning that it won't get money.

Google provided the massive majority of the funding for Firefox. A very small portion is from actual donations (not enough to survive).

At least they had the guts to come and make a whole page alert about the switch, and not "oh look surprise, it's Yahoo now"

[awesomes8wc3]

opera 12.16 master race

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

opera 12.16 master race

i giggled 

[GoodBytes]

Ah yes, the web browser that wins a lot of award, and is on anything, and is actually the fastest, and especialy shine on slow internet connections, can't pass 5% amrket share since it's release in 1995.

Opera doesn't use it's own engine anymore, it's a re-skin Chrome (uses Chromium) pretty much.

[Noctus]

This is fucking annoying. Oh man, this brings me so close to switching back to Chrome. The main reason I even use Firefox is the handy "Restore Previous Session" and "Recently Closed Tabs" features. If Chrome or IE11 had those features, I would abandon Firefox.

Umm.... Chrome has those features lol...

[dalekphalm]

Umm.... Chrome has those features lol...

Care to show me where?

 

I know it has a rudimentary "Reopen last tab" option, that reopens the last closed tab, but there doesn't seem to be a list, aside from actually going into the History list, which is not the same thing.

 

There is also no "open last session" button that I can see. It will reopen (or ask you) the last session if your browser crashed or if your computer shut down unexpectedly, but again, that is not the same thing.

[WereCat]

I guess I will keep using Opera.

I wish luck to Firefox though because Google needs competition.

[dalekphalm]

I guess I will keep using Opera.

I wish luck to Firefox though because Google needs competition.

Firefox is still great. I'm not even pissed because they are using Yahoo Search. I'm pissed because they changed my settings without my permission. That, in my opinion, is underhanded, and should not be acceptable for any business.

[Noctus]

Care to show me where?

 

I know it has a rudimentary "Reopen last tab" option, that reopens the last closed tab, but there doesn't seem to be a list, aside from actually going into the History list, which is not the same thing.

 

There is also no "open last session" button that I can see. It will reopen (or ask you) the last session if your browser crashed or if your computer shut down unexpectedly, but again, that is not the same thing.

 

Top right 3 horizontal lines ontop of one another, click it and you'll see the 5th option down "recent tabs" which has a list of the last 8 tabs you closed. Not an extensive list, but if your looking for a tab you closed 8+ tabs ago? Seems bit far fetched

 

Go to same lines again and go down to settings, second option in the settings tab is "On start up". Choose the middle option of "continue where you left off". Now every time you close the browser using the big red X on the top right and re-open chrome any tabs that were open when you closed are opened right back up as they were.

[dalekphalm]

Top right 3 horizontal lines ontop of one another, click it and you'll see the 5th option down "recent tabs" which has a list of the last 8 tabs you closed. Not an extensive list, but if your looking for a tab you closed 8+ tabs ago? Seems bit far fetched

 

Go to same lines again and go down to settings, second option in the settings tab is "On start up". Choose the middle option of "continue where you left off". Now every time you close the browser using the big red X on the top right and re-open chrome any tabs that were open when you closed are opened right back up as they were.

Interesting on the recent tabs option. This is marked improvement for Chrome. This definitely will improve my Chrome experience.

 

Also, I'm very much like Linus. I'm a Tab Whore. At home I'll easily have 20+ tabs open at any given time.

 

As for the second option, I don't WANT to re-open my last session every time. I just want to do it sometimes, but not other times. And it's not always because of a browser crash. So that option is not the most convenient either.

[Noctus]

Interesting on the recent tabs option. This is marked improvement for Chrome. This definitely will improve my Chrome experience.

 

Also, I'm very much like Linus. I'm a Tab Whore. At home I'll easily have 20+ tabs open at any given time.

 

As for the second option, I don't WANT to re-open my last session every time. I just want to do it sometimes, but not other times. And it's not always because of a browser crash. So that option is not the most convenient either.

 

Yeah im the same and right now i have 27 open and i visit almost all of them atleast once a day lol so the second option is good for me. And as you (kind of?) say, the 1st option, while not unlimited, is pretty neat. Let's just hope they can expand on the reopen session thing to a prompt asking if you want to save the current session before closing. Then you can either re-open with all your tabs or start fresh.

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

Interesting on the recent tabs option. This is marked improvement for Chrome. This definitely will improve my Chrome experience.

 

Also, I'm very much like Linus. I'm a Tab Whore. At home I'll easily have 20+ tabs open at any given time.

 

As for the second option, I don't WANT to re-open my last session every time. I just want to do it sometimes, but not other times. And it's not always because of a browser crash. So that option is not the most convenient either.

recent closed tbs always existed on chrome , although it was on bottom right side and was easily accessible , but now they moved it inside a settings bar , and i can only reopen the last 6-8 or so closed tabs 

[Psykomantis00]

But why Yahoo? it's mostly filled with porn ads. 

 

 

In my case.

Yahoo is hugely popular in other countries. 

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

Yahoo is hugely popular in other countries. 

 which ones ? 

[Psykomantis00]

 which ones ? 

Asian countries mostly, but the market share is still way under google. Yahoo in America is a joke. 

[Blade of Grass]

This is fucking annoying. Oh man, this brings me so close to switching back to Chrome. The main reason I even use Firefox is the handy "Restore Previous Session" and "Recently Closed Tabs" features. If Chrome or IE11 had those features, I would abandon Firefox.

Chrome has that feature

Menu -> Settings -> On Startup -> Continue where you left off

Menu -> Recent Tabs

EDIT: did not see your other post on the topic.

If you fully close chrome with tabs open, when you reopen it, you can go to the Recent Tab section and see something like "xx Tabs", clicking that will reopen all the tabs you closed last.