Comments on: Firefox keyword search default http://www.baumel.com/2009/07/firefox-keyword-search-default/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:16:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.baumel.com/2009/07/firefox-keyword-search-default/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Andy Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:55:46 +0000 http://www.baumel.com/?p=182#comment-348 I agree - they stink. I don't have the same opt-out issue you have - once I removed it it was gone for good. I suspect that you have something else on your machine that is putting it back. Make sure you remove any yahoo nonsense via add/remove programs, and if that doesn't work, start hacking your registry. Remove anything you see that has Yahoo in it. You should also try Microsoft Security Essentials and/or AdAware to get rid of any miscellaneous spyware. Good luck! I agree – they stink. I don’t have the same opt-out issue you have – once I removed it it was gone for good. I suspect that you have something else on your machine that is putting it back. Make sure you remove any yahoo nonsense via add/remove programs, and if that doesn’t work, start hacking your registry. Remove anything you see that has Yahoo in it. You should also try Microsoft Security Essentials and/or AdAware to get rid of any miscellaneous spyware. Good luck!

]]> By: Cliff http://www.baumel.com/2009/07/firefox-keyword-search-default/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Cliff Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:15:36 +0000 http://www.baumel.com/?p=182#comment-344 It won't keep. I can change the settings, but on the next restart of Firefox, it's back to the old virus-like Yahoo. I got to the Firefox page that tells you how to opt out (same instructions as yours: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Location+bar+search ) but there's nothing about how to make the opt-out PERMANENT. Do I have to re-set my default keyword-search provider EVERY TIME I START FIREFOX? Yeeesh ... I used to think Yahoo was just inept. Now I know they're EVIL AND INEPT. It won’t keep. I can change the settings, but on the next restart of Firefox, it’s back to the old virus-like Yahoo.

I got to the Firefox page that tells you how to opt out (same instructions as yours: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Location+bar+search ) but there’s nothing about how to make the opt-out PERMANENT.

Do I have to re-set my default keyword-search provider EVERY TIME I START FIREFOX? Yeeesh …

I used to think Yahoo was just inept. Now I know they’re EVIL AND INEPT.

]]> By: Anne http://www.baumel.com/2009/07/firefox-keyword-search-default/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Anne Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:47:55 +0000 http://www.baumel.com/?p=182#comment-251 I'm so with you! Our browser at work is (temporarily?!) not allowing searches in the url slot at all which is really really annoying. At home, after an annoying hack at Blogger which probably had nothing to do with I.E., though who knows, I decided to try Opera again, having liked it years ago (I'm old, too) but found it wasn't quite up to snuff then. It's gotten very nice, it seems so far and provides completely apparent access to search choices (both default and for-the-moment) and lets you make any of the search bars visible in a sidebar, if you want. Nice interface, too. I’m so with you! Our browser at work is (temporarily?!) not allowing searches in the url slot at all which is really really annoying. At home, after an annoying hack at Blogger which probably had nothing to do with I.E., though who knows, I decided to try Opera again, having liked it years ago (I’m old, too) but found it wasn’t quite up to snuff then. It’s gotten very nice, it seems so far and provides completely apparent access to search choices (both default and for-the-moment) and lets you make any of the search bars visible in a sidebar, if you want. Nice interface, too.

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