Firefox Locales should install locale specific search plugins

[Matt]

It would be nice if the Firefox locale packages would install the locale specific search plugins.

For example, if I install the en-gb version of Firefox on Windows, it comes with the search plugins for Amazon.co.uk, Ebay.co.uk, etc. rather then the American versions. It would be nice if the mozilla-firefox-locale-en-gb package would install these plugins system wide, for example, rather than have to go and find them all seperately.

[Kyromaster (kyromaster)]

I also vote for this. When installing a german version of Edgy I have search engines like answers.com which are just not applicable for (many) german users. And the wikipedia plugin searches the english wikipedia.

[hexion (hexium)]

+1 to this.
One of the most important statements on Ubuntu was localization. Linux for human beings, not only Linux for english-knowing human beings ;)

This is the related thread I started today:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2643569#post2643569

[Hadmut Danisch (hadmut)]

I'd also would like to see localized search plugins, especially for Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Ebay, and german dictionaries.

regards

[Sylvain Desbureaux (sylvain-desbureaux)]

I also thinks it's very important, especially when you have it when installing firefox with the good locale on Windows

[ClemensBier (clemensbier)]

Another vote for this one since Hardy has also not fixed this bug.
Current workaround for Wikipedia search plugin in German:
Browse to the German Wikipedia page, search for something and and look for the search bar area in Firefox. There you should see that the drop-down arrow/buttom is highlighted in orange. Clicking on it will give you a new proposed entry "Wikipedia (de) hinzufügen" (meaning to add Wikipedia search in German).

[Kyromaster (kyromaster)]

Still not supported with intrepid
Non-english novice users could find this really annoying, why can't this be fixed?
As said above on windows firefox comes with localised search plugins

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

mfla package doesnt exist in intrepid anymore.

[Martin Thoma (themoosemind)]

I posted a simmilar suggestion in ubuntu brainstorm some time ago: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/19650/

[Jānis Kangarooo (kangarooo)]

Heres also some solutions like FF search bar Wizzrad in #7 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/294187