Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-02-23 Thread Vishnoo
On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 00:21 -0600, Richard JOHNSON wrote: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 01:45:53AM -0500, Alain-Olivier Breysse wrote: Bonjour, The motivation of your decision is already being talked about around the net in many different languages, and because it is the net, will continue

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-02-08 Thread David A. Cobb
On 02/05/2010 01:16 PM, petr bug wrote: On 5 February 2010 16:53, David A. Cobbsuperbis...@cox.net wrote: Above all, never never compromise the principle that the user is the one to say what her experience should look like -- no matter what marketing choices Canonical gets involved in. In

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-02-05 Thread David A. Cobb
May I suggest, we could leave the choice entirely up to the user ( who, after all, is IN CHARGE ) by defaulting to a page like that in Epiphany Browser. Welcome to Ubuntu. And, include on this page something like: You can start browsing from a default search page. To do so, please choose: [ ]

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-02-05 Thread petr bug
On 5 February 2010 16:53, David A. Cobb superbis...@cox.net wrote: Above all, never never compromise the principle that the user is the one to say what her experience should look like -- no matter what marketing choices Canonical gets involved in. In principle, user is in charge of ~1 million

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-02-05 Thread Rick Spencer
On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 19:16 +0100, petr bug wrote: On 5 February 2010 16:53, David A. Cobb superbis...@cox.net wrote: Above all, never never compromise the principle that the user is the one to say what her experience should look like -- no matter what marketing choices Canonical gets

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-02-01 Thread Martin Owens
On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 12:03 -0800, Rick Spencer wrote: All - I am writing to apprise you of two small but important changes coming to Firefox in Lucid. I have asked the desktop team to start preparing these changes to make them available in Lucid as soon as reasonably possible. Probably on

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-02-01 Thread Ernst Sjöstrand
Hi, will you change the keyword.URL setting also, which is currently set to Google? It's used when you type random stuff into the address bar. Regards /Ernst On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 21:03, Rick Spencer rick.spen...@canonical.com wrote: All - I am writing to apprise you of two small but

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-02-01 Thread Corey Burger
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Rick Spencer rick.spen...@canonical.com wrote: On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 11:24 -0500, Martin Owens wrote: On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 12:03 -0800, Rick Spencer wrote: All - I am writing to apprise you of two small but important changes coming to Firefox in Lucid.  

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-28 Thread Rick Spencer
On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 11:24 -0500, Martin Owens wrote: On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 12:03 -0800, Rick Spencer wrote: All - I am writing to apprise you of two small but important changes coming to Firefox in Lucid. I have asked the desktop team to start preparing these changes to make them

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-27 Thread Vishnoo
On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 12:03 -0800, Rick Spencer wrote: All - Why? I am pursuing this change because Canonical has negotiated a revenue sharing deal with Yahoo! and this revenue will help Canonical to provide developers and resources to continue the open development of Ubuntu and the

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-27 Thread Rick Spencer
On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 15:00 +0530, Vishnoo wrote: Users are redirected to http://in.mg4.mail.yahoo.com/dc/system_requirements?os=unsupported This happens *every* time one tries to login.[attaching screenshot] If we are considering moving Ubuntu to Yahoo! search as default. Atleast

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-27 Thread Ricardo Cacheta Waldemarin
It's a little diferent of the Microsoft changing the Firefox default search engine but don't you think the users will complain the same way? I really think that users should be. at least, notified during update. ··~Ricardo Cacheta Waldemarin ⠠⠵ Graduando em Informática Biomédica USP-RP~··

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-27 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On Di, Jan 26, 2010 at 21:03:01 (CET), Rick Spencer wrote: Change #2 Change #2 is changing the default search provider in Firefox to Yahoo! Can this default be configured on a system wide level? I imagine that sites with mass deployments of lucid would want to have the option to configure

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-27 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 19:08, Rick Spencer rick.spen...@canonical.comwrote: On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 15:14 -0500, Celeste Lyn Paul wrote: Since Google is the current default, will the switch to Yahoo only have an effect on new installs? No, this will effect upgrades if the computer is

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-27 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 20:46, Rick Spencer rick.spen...@canonical.comwrote: On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 20:17 -0200, Carlos Ribeiro wrote: Given the sensitivity of this change for many people, I would ask you to consider keeping the current setting whatever it is (Google or not). People tend

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-27 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 21:00, Carlos Ribeiro carribe...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 20:46, Rick Spencer rick.spen...@canonical.comwrote: On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 20:17 -0200, Carlos Ribeiro wrote: Given the sensitivity of this change for many people, I would ask you to

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-27 Thread Dan Trevino
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Rick Spencer rick.spen...@canonical.comwrote: On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 15:14 -0500, Celeste Lyn Paul wrote: Since Google is the current default, will the switch to Yahoo only have an effect on new installs? No, this will effect upgrades if the computer is

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-27 Thread Bryan Quigley
Hi all, Glad this Canonical is getting a search revenue stream, I just have a few concerns that I haven't seen discussed. Does Yahoo have an equivalent of I'm Feeling Lucky for the Firefox awesomebar or is google still going to be providing that? If you switch that functionality to just being a

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-26 Thread Celeste Lyn Paul
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Rick Spencer rick.spen...@canonical.com wrote: Why? I am pursuing this change because Canonical has negotiated a revenue sharing deal with Yahoo! and this revenue will help Canonical to provide developers and resources to continue the open development of Ubuntu

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-26 Thread Rick Spencer
On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 15:14 -0500, Celeste Lyn Paul wrote: Since Google is the current default, will the switch to Yahoo only have an effect on new installs? No, this will effect upgrades if the computer is currently set to Google. This is not because of anything special for this particular

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-26 Thread Rick Spencer
On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 17:36 -0500, Dan Trevino wrote: On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Rick Spencer rick.spen...@canonical.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 15:14 -0500, Celeste Lyn Paul wrote: Since Google is the current default, will the switch to Yahoo

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-26 Thread Rick Spencer
On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 20:17 -0200, Carlos Ribeiro wrote: Given the sensitivity of this change for many people, I would ask you to consider keeping the current setting whatever it is (Google or not). People tend to be very passionate about such issues. Also, keep in mind that for many

Re: Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider

2010-01-26 Thread Martin Pitt
Reinhard Tartler [2010-01-27 7:30 +0100]: Can this default be configured on a system wide level? I imagine that sites with mass deployments of lucid would want to have the option to configure this, e.g., via debconf preseeding. I expect that could just go into /etc/firefox/pref/firefox.js ?