Open Source, Firefox and New Search Options Emerge | Linux Today

Open Source, Firefox and New Search Options Emerge

Written By
MH
Matt Hartley
Oct 22, 2007

[ Thanks to Matt D. for
this link. ]

“We often take the ability to choose our default Firefox search
engine for granted. By default, it’s set to Google, and for most
people, this is just fine. But what about queries where a typical
search engine is not cutting it? Perhaps you need to try another
approach with a competing search engine like Ask, in order to make
sure the results you are getting are the best for your needs at the
time? This is where a trip to Mozilla’s search engine page comes in
handy.

“The great thing about Firefox is that the developers were
thinking far enough ahead to shoot past the need to force people to
visit actual Web sites for customized searches…”


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