Noob42 wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I'm using >> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0 >> SeaMonkey/2.17.1 >> >> I've been using Google as my default search engine forever, >> and I now want to try other search engines. >> >> I mostly search from the URL bar: >> I type the search terms, e.g. "foo bar", on the URL bar, >> then hit the UP arrow key, and Seamonkey offers to >> >> Search Google for "foo bar" >> >> and I press ENTER, then SM takes me to the search results >> on google.com >> >> I tested duckduckgo, which it works as expected. >> >> Then I tested Startpage, but I can't get it to work!! :-( >> >> I've tried several of the search plugins, none of them work. >> >> For example, >> >> http://mycroftproject.com/search-engines.html?name=startpage >> >> I type my search terms in the URL bar, then UP, >> SM shows >> >> Search Startpage for "foo bar" >> >> then ENTER, and it just takes me to https://eu3.startpage.com/ >> >> However, mousing over and clicking the "Search" button, with >> my search terms in the URL bar DOES work. (Takes me to a >> startpage site with results for my search, though they do >> not appear in the search box, so I can't enhance my search, >> as I can for Google.) >> >> I have AdblockPlus and NoScript add-ons. >> (Thar doesn't seem to bother Google or Duckduckgo search plug-ins) >> >> Can anyone tell me what the problem might be? >> >> I wish Mozilla supported Startpage out-of-the box ;-( >> >> >> Here's the code for the OpenSearch plug-in: >> >> [snip] >> >> and the reference for OpenSearch >> >> https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Creating_OpenSearch_plugins_for_Firefox > > I've stumbled upon > > https://www.ixquick.com/eng/download-ixquick-plugin.html > > EXPERTS ONLY: > Find instructions here on how to make Ixquick your default > search engine in the Firefox/Seamonkey/Flock URL location bar. > > which points to > > https://www.ixquick.com/eng/company-faq.html#q18 > > (ixquick manages startpage.com) > > Will try that...
Did anybody else try to use the ixquick/startpage search plug-in in Seamonkey? _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
