“The bug report filed on July 21 had to do with broken
functionality. It seems that, when using the version of Firefox
distributed with the third Karmic alpha release, typing a search
string into the “awesome bar” no longer takes the user directly to
the first search result from Google. Instead, users end up at a
Google “search partner” page listing the results and, of course,
advertisements. Other quick searches, including stock quotes and
currency conversions, also break. A related change is that opening
a new tab now brings up an Ubuntu search page instead of a blank
page – a change that some users find jarring.“It turns out that Ubuntu has placed a new Firefox extension,
called “multisearch,” into the Karmic alpha release. In essence,
multisearch rewires the various search mechanisms built into the
browser, causing them all to pass through Ubuntu’s partner page. It
can be disabled by going into the “Tools->Add-ons” menu, but, by
default, it is installed and active on all systems.”
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