Windows 7: Bing is not popular enough for Firefox.

JMH · 21 Dec 2009

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If you download a fresh copy of Firefox, you'll note that the default search engine is not whatever you already have picked in all your other browsers. Instead, Mozilla chooses Firefox's default search engine, and the list of search providers in the accompanying drop down menu, based on their popularity. Thus, Bing isn't one of the choices.
This might seem a bit odd to readers who remember last week's comments from a Mozilla executive urging Firefox users to ditch Google for Bing due to privacy policies. In order to switch—or even to try the service in the search bar—users have to download the Bing add-on for Firefox; they can't simply change the drop-down choice.

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Mozilla exec: Bing is not popular enough for Firefox

Jerail · 21 Dec 2009

As great an effort as Microsoft has put into creating their Windows Live "empire", Google is just too great a competition. Google is THE definitive website. For many, Google is synonymous with the Internet. Perhaps Bing will gain momentum eventually. For now it will serve as a nice module of the Windows Live system, and will get 99% of its traffic from IE users who didn't bother to change their default search engine.

Coolness · 29 Dec 2009

But Its Not Google!!
BING.

Not Myself · 29 Dec 2009

It is easy to add Bing to Firefox:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10434

Jerail · 30 Dec 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Coolness

But Its Not Google!!
BING.

Bing Is Not Google
Bing Is No Good (except their video search...that's pretty neat how you can just hover over the thumbnail and the clip starts playing...)

richc46 · 30 Dec 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Jerail

Quote: Originally Posted by Coolness

But Its Not Google!!
BING.

Bing Is Not Google
Bing Is No Good (except their video search...that's pretty neat how you can just hover over the thumbnail and the clip starts playing...)

I know exactly what you mean about the video, cool right?. But as a search engine I do not like it at all. I thiught that it would be a good source of computer information, but even that is lackin

Coolness · 31 Dec 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by richc46

Quote: Originally Posted by Jerail

Quote: Originally Posted by Coolness

But Its Not Google!!
BING.

Bing Is Not Google
Bing Is No Good (except their video search...that's pretty neat how you can just hover over the thumbnail and the clip starts playing...)

I know exactly what you mean about the video, cool right?. But as a search engine I do not like it at all. I thiught that it would be a good source of computer information, but even that is lackin

yea argee. Google should get that.

Windows 7: Bing is not popular enough for Firefox.

Bing is not popular enough for Firefox. problems?