html version of DDG is safer for privacy; default version puts some tracking data in your browser such as saved preferences.
I feel that Icecat has no difference in this question from its programming code; the difference is in default search engines selecion. El 24/03/16 a les 16:14, Habs ha escrit: > re: Icecat 38.5.0 on Slackware 14.1 32bit > > Hi everyone > > This is about Icecat and DuckDuckGo search and the respecting of search > region (and I presume some other things not as yet noticed). > > If I search from the address bar and/or search bar at the top of > Icecat, then the results returned do not seem to reflect the 'priority' > of the previously saved DDG search region setting. The search bar that > then appears in the results webpage, does not show the region flag. > > In Mozilla Firefox, that issue does not exist and the search results do > appear to reflect the preferred search region settings and the search > bar at the top of the results displays the chosen regions flag. > > Checking in 'about:config' on Icecat and Firefox, I could not discern > any obvious differences between the two that could be a cause. > > What I have noticed is that Icecat, on pressing enter to search in the > address bar or the search bar, returns the results and the address bar > entry resembles: https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=.... - note the 'html'. > FF returns: https://duckduckgo.com/?q= > > If I browse to the DDG page: https://duckduckgo.com and type my search > in that search bar on the webpage (as opposed to the address/sear bar > search) then the results returned (and the appropriate flag) are > respecting the search region preference. > > It appears that something is different when using the address and > search bars. > > I am unable to affect this with various settings changes I have > [blindly] tried and cannot spot obvious differences between FF (where it > works as expected) and Icecat. > > It did 'work' when I downloaded a different DDG search engine which was > DDG Blue - it seemed to me to be just a theme change, but it worked. > Yet again, I could not spot any differences which I could use in the > default engine. > > My knowledge is limited, but I am enjoying Icecat as for one reason, it > appears on my machine to be much faster and performant than FF. > > I am just looking for ideas to identify where I can affect this > behaviour [to respect the region and possibly other settings] as I tend > to use the address and search bars a lot. > > If someone is aware of this or has any ideas, I'd like to hear about > them. > > Thank you > Habs > > -- > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
