On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:19:24PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > Hello, > > Am Sa den 12. Mär 2016 um 15:01 schrieb Mike Hommey: > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 12:17:46PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > > > With the switch from iceweasel to firefox, many stuff broke. One of them > > > ist the search. > > > > > > First it resets all shortcuts so my search on duckduckgo went to debian. > > > But this is not the bug I want to describe here. > > > > > > After fixing that, I found out that they also changes the duckduckgo > > > search in a way that it doesn't work anymore. When I search with it, it > > > gives a duckduckgo page with just the search line but nothing below. If > > > I search manually for the same topic, I get many results. > > > > > > That might have to do with the fact that I never ever allow javascript. > > > But nevertheless, that worked well in the past and duckduckgo does not > > > need any javascript; only on that result page from firefox. > > > > > > So, I was trying to download a new search from mozilla addon page (That > > > worked with other searches in the past with iceweasel) but every > > > (duckduckgo-)search I tried did fail with the message that it is broken. > > > > > > So, finally, the new update from iceweasel to firefox broke the most > > > important functionality for the browser to search stuff. (Sure, I can go > > > to the main search page first, but using a browser is a pain in the a... > > > at all so I don't want to use it more than needed.) > > > > The ddg search plugin hasn't changed between 44 and 45, besides an icon, > > so you'll have to be more specific as to what was the state before and > > what changed. > > Well, maybe it is a combination of several stuff. > > Lets take the last first. Not accepting new search plugins from the > mozilla plugins page anymore. That problem could exist for several > versions. I do not need to install new search plugins. I do not have > further informations as that, firefox is giving me. It tells me (in > german) that the plugin is broken. I get that message independent of the > search plugin I want to install. Normal plugins seem to work. > > The next is that something was reset with the switch from iceweasel to > firefox. In the past I had to delete the original duckduckgo search and > install the so called light version as the normal one was going to a > page that needs javascript. This is especially strange as coming from > the duckduckgo main page does not need javascript. > > However, It seems that the searches was reset to some default with the > update and deleting all my custom searches. Combined with the fact that > it refuses to install new ones that is a complete mess and unusable > after the update.
You'll have to be more specific again because if I go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckduckgo-html/ and install it, it works. Did you try disabling all your addons? Did you check the browser console? Mike
