Funny, I have the opposite problem. I'm from the US, but I use en-GB because I want words to be spelt correctly without any ugly Americanisms. When I search from Firefox, Google (.com) gives me links to mostly UK sites (like amazon.co.uk, ebay.co.uk, etc.) which I really do not want, because of the unnecessary "gl=uk" parameter. We need to be careful about recognizing the difference between *language* and *region*. In any case, Google now allows you to set your location manually which I believe is the sensible way to fix this bug.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/690718 Title: Firefox en-GB locale uses google.com for search Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox Current behaviour: 1) Start Firefox 2) Press ctrl-k, type e.g. 'laptop' and hit enter 3) You are taken to a page of google.com search results, including links to US-only stores, shopping results with prices in dollars etc. Correct behaviour: You are taken to google.co.uk, and correctly localised results are displayed. Extra info: See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1354830#4 for a workaround. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/690718/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
