Re: Remove Yahoo search or make it user selectable without jumping through hoops

On Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:35:33 +0000 (UTC), Eric wrote:

> Why did someone pick Yahoo for search in the most recent release?
> Seriously?


http://www.techtimes.com/articles/20602/20141122/heres-why-firefox-dumped-google-and-make-yahoo-its-default-search-engine.htm
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2850464/mozilla-tells-google-its-not-you-anymore-its-yahoo.html
https://blog.mozilla.org/press/2014/11/yahoo-and-mozilla-form-strategic-partnership/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation#Financing


> Please instead make it user selectable. (from address bar or search bar, hopefully both)


FYI it is still user-selectable from the search bar here.
I use the English (British) build of Firefox.  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

As I understand it, the change to Yahoo applies only to the English (US) 
build.  
[Except: it also applies if your non-US language version was made by 
adding a language pack to the English (US) build.  This is often the 
case with Linux distro versions.]
    


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Kind regards
Ralph