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Since when did Firefox make it so difficult to set custom search engine? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So been moving around a lot with browsers, waterfox, librewolf and very recently degoogle chromium, figured id look at Firefox and holy theres less than half the option in setting then there were afew years back but I gotta say the biggest sin is that adding custom search engine is obfuscated, and the chooses of engines are google, bing, duckduckgo and fucking Amazon! Wtf is that about? But anyway all these search engines are pretty awful including duckduckgo but beyond that the browser scene is a joke, mullvad are about the only company I feel compatible with using now

Edit: instead of saying how easy it is to add custom search engines, I'd like to know why the "add search engine" feature in settings is gone?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Right there where it says Find More Search Engines:.

Or the other way, go to on any site, click the search bar and the option to add it as a search appears at the bottom of the search bar: https://i.imgur.com/c3bFc7g.png

I went to the Quant website, and then it offered for me to add it as a search, hence the + symbol. Or click the settings button to "Find more search engines".

I will admit that having to browse through Firefox extensions is not as easy, but the ability to add an engine at any time, without even using settings, simply by visiting the web page is pretty simple.

Edit: I didnt find it hard at all, using the keyword search in the settings menu. But they also have a guide: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox#w_add-search-engines

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This also works with Searx/ng!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Searx/ng

Do you pick your instance and then add it, or does it let you differentiate between them?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

it's treated as a different search site

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Addons, I would avoid as they make it easier to fingerprints and also its the long way around, if all I want to do is add a URL like google.com or bing then why should I add an extension

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Perhaps it is easier for them to have search engines offer their services through that avenue?

But it doesnt matter, if you go to any site that has search, all you have to do is click the + "add search engine" right in the address bar. Doesnt get much easier.

Even sites like Shodan work.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But it was much easier lol and logical

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

To you maybe. I don't remember the URL search strings of every search engine, so the method of adding a search engine via the page of the search itself is far easier.