In case anyone is interested, I've done a Mycroft search plugin which
sends the same parameters to Google when doing a search as the Firefox
Ubuntu start page, with the minor modifications that it uses
gooogle.co.uk rather than google.com, and SSL so people can't snoop on
your search requests. There is a standard Google UK SSL plugin already,
but I've also suppressed the suggestions feature in mine, as that annoys
me when I'm using an onscreen keyboard. With an onscreen keyboard, each
letter has to be typed twice if suggestions are turned on, until you
have a word or words for which there are no longer any suggestions. I'm
using the Cellwriter keyboard, not OnBoard.
Anyway, it's here should anyone wish to try or review it:
http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html?author=Jim+Price
If you want to see how it works, it is just a text file in the
searchplugins directory in your Firefox profile. It works with Chromium
as well, but the way you use search plugins in Chromium is a little
different. Click on the link to install it, and put a search keyword in,
so that when you type that search keyword followed by a space (I chose
"gu"), you will get the prompt to carry on typing and do the custom
search. It ought to work in other browsers too, but I haven't tested any.
Does anyone know if I would be right in assuming that Ubuntu get some
credit from Google for every use of the Firefox Ubuntu start page
search? I always use the search bar, so it would be nice if Ubuntu isn't
losing out on anything because I never use the start page search.
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