Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #255043
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 255043

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geofs (geof) wrote :

Kubuntu 8.04 up-to-date
Firefox 3

Firefox's search box goes to google.com instead of the local google. The firefox installation scripts should:

1) Use the country setting to switch the google search to local goolge (e.g.: google.be)

2) Very Important: Use the language settings to use the correct language for google, in countries where there are more than 1 official language (eg: google.be/fr)

Next, I tried to change the google search using "administer search modules" (translated from french I'm not sure of the english words) from the searchbar drop-down menu, editing the google entry (which is empty... strange) and typing "http://www.google.be/search?hl=fr&q" but it does not work! How can I change it? I even tried to change the keywork.URL in about:settings, but...