On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:46:25AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:26:18 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli <[email protected]> > wrote: > ... > > I welcome feedback on this matter, > > I already install DDG as default search engine on any (Linux or Windows) > user that lets me fiddle with their setup, so as far as I'm concerned > this is a case of us being paid to do something that will save me effort. > > I realise that's an almost completely irrelevant data point, but if it > were the case that other DDs are doing similar, then we should probably > be changing the default regardless of this payment offer. > > Of course establishing whether that's the case is not likely to be > possible, but I suppose the iceweasel maintainer could canvas opinions, > or just make a decision as they see fit (in the usual manner).
With my iceweasel maintainer hat on, I won't start to consider ddg as a default until it at least matches the user experience the current default engine provides, including search suggestions and localized results (the latter requires some manual work ; the former lacks server-side support). Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
