bug: 402866
title: "Search using Google" goes to Custom Search and new tabs go to the Ubuntu Google Start Page
date-reported: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:03:01 -0000
date-updated: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:14:35 -0000
reporter: Michael Maltese (dimalta)
duplicate-of: 402767
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subscribers: 
 Michael Maltese (dimalta)
 Micah Gersten (micahg)
 Vincenzo Ciancia (vincenzo-ml)

task: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
status: Confirmed
date-created: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:03:01 -0000
date-left-new: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:01:47 -0000
date-confirmed: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:01:47 -0000
reporter: Michael Maltese (dimalta)
importance: Undecided
component: main
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milestone: 

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WHAT. THE. FUCK.

I just upgraded to firefox version
3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu2.me001 on karmic.

When I try to use the search bar in the upper right-hand corner to search G=
oogle, it instead takes me to a Google Custom Search for "9.10 Alpha 3 Expe=
riment B." I have no option to change this back to the generic Google page,=
 and the generic Google search is not available for download (one can only =
download Google search for individual languages, presumably because it NORM=
ALLY comes preinstalled).
Also, any new tabs I open, instead of being blank or going to my set homepa=
ge (which is "about:blank"), go to "chrome://me001/content/text.html", agai=
n without giving me any option to change this.

What the fuck Ubuntu. Whatever asshole thought this was a good idea
needs to put it back the way it was. I use your operating system because
I want to get away from invasive marketing shit. Is this what free-as-
in-speech software is about?
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Author: Michael McKinley (m-mckinley)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:07:02 -0000
Message-Id: <20090722070702.14106.36112.malone@potassium.ubuntu.com>

I noticed this too and was annoyed.  A workaround is to disable/remove
the Multisearch extension.
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Author: Stefan Hamminga (stefanhamminga)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:00:35 -0000
Message-Id: <20090722120036.13955.84456.malone@potassium.ubuntu.com>

Another confirm here, this is indeed high on my 'not done' list, right
up there with apple and microsoft...

Please at least give users advance notice before doing stuff like this
AND give the user the option to 'opt out'.
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Author: Michael Maltese (dimalta)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:46:17 -0000
Message-Id: <20090722154617.20877.90602.malone@gangotri.canonical.com>

Thanks Michael, disabling Multisearch fixed it.
They need to make it easier to figure that out, though; I didn't even know =
I had the Multisearch (presumably installed on upgrade without telling me?).
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Author: Jeffrey Baker (jwbaker)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:01:00 -0000
Message-Id: <20090722170100.13955.32941.malone@potassium.ubuntu.com>

This is horrifying, not just because of the adverts at the top, but also
because the custom search is not anywhere near as useful as the normal
google search page.  The custom search doesn't make links to maps,
finance, scholar, etc.  It only has main index results and, of course, a
ton of adverts.
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Author: Micah Gersten (micahg)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:31:15 -0000
Message-Id: <20090723023117.9136.75240.malone@gangotri.canonical.com>

Thank you for your bug report. To maintain a respectful atmosphere,
please follow the code of conduct -
http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct/ .  Bug reports are handled by
humans, the majority of whom are volunteers, so please bear this in
mind.

As for the bugs, the search bug is bug 402767 and the tab bug is bug
403246.  As the search bug is primary, I am marking this bug a duplicate
of bug 402767.  You can subscribe yourself to bug 403246 if you like.

Thank you and please report any further issues you may find.
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Author: Keith Hughitt (keith-hughitt)
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:14:31 -0000
Message-Id: <20090807121431.28081.31799.malone@palladium.canonical.com>

I agree. Having quick-search use the custom search with no images, etc.
options, and defaulting to "Ubuntu" instead of "web" was not a fun
experience.
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