[GTALUG] Google is ruled a monopoly so Firefox is at serious risk

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

It's almost always daunting describing in text what one needs to do in a 
GUI.

Here's an easier way, but it too looks complex in text.

1. start typing a search term in the URL/search bar at the top of the FF 
   window
2. you will get a pop-down list of suggested searches
3. at the bottom right of this pop-down, click the settings fat 
   star
4. now select the default search engine you want.

Alternatively, for a one time change of search engine, click the icon for 
it in the bottom row of the pop-down.  I especially like using this for 
searching my tabs.

> From: Steve Petrie via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> To: GTALUG Talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> Cc: Steve Petrie <apetrie at aspetrie.net>
> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:49:13 -0400
> Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Google is ruled a monopoly so Firefox is at serious risk
> 
> 
> 
> It's easy to change Firefox default search engine to DuckDuckGo.
> 
> As soon as my Debian 11 linux boots, I always start Firefox ESR and change the
> Default Search Engine to DuckDuckGo.
> 
> Easily done:
> 
> (1) left-click hamburger button (the 3 horizontal lines at top right corner of
> Firefox window);
> 
> (2) left-click "Settings" menu item;
> 
> (3) left-click "Search" menu item on left side of window;
> 
> (4) open "Default Search Engine" drop-down list (left-click small "v");
> 
> (5) left-click "DuckDuckGo" item in drop-down list;
> 
> (7) left-click hamburger button (the 3 horizontal lines at top right corner of
> Firefox window);
> 
> (8) left-click "New window" menu item- - see new Firefox window open, with
> DuckDuckGo as search engine;
> 
> (9) left-click  "+" sign in Firefox title bar -- see new page open in current
> Firefox window, with DuckDuckGo as search engine;