[General] www.google.com finally we have our own

burhan at kuwaitnet.net burhan at kuwaitnet.net
Sun Dec 14 20:01:33 +03 2008


No, it should work without anything. You should have FF 2.0+ for it to work. Also works on IE 7.

Burhan @ E71

-----Original Message-----
From: Majed B.
Sent:  14/12/2008 7:54:25 pm
To: General OpenSource Discussion
Subject:  Re: [General] www.google.com finally we have our own

Burhan,

I don't get the "Custom Google" option. Are you using an addon for that?

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Burhan Khalid <burhan at kuwaitnet.net> wrote:
> Salaam All:
>
> I have come up with a solution that will fix the automatic redirecting of
> the google search box in firefox (the on on the top right), and on Internet
> Explorer from going to the Arabic version without having to resort to
> cookies.
>
> Here is how you set it up:
>
> 1. Browse to http://blog.burhankhalid.com/ -- ignore the old articles, you
> are not there for them ;)
>
> 2. Left click on the search toolbar to see a dropdown menu, and select the
> 'Custom Google' option. ( http://blog.burhankhalid.com/images/step1.png )
>
> 3. Once you have it selected, it will be setup as one of your search engines
> ( http://blog.burhankhalid.com/images/step2.png )
>
> 4. Then, you can set it to be your default search engine.
>
> What is going on? I have created a custom search provider and forced it to
> google.com. I also placed a different icon on it so you can tell the
> difference (in case you leave both in).
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Regards,
> --
> Burhan Khalid
>
-- 
       Majed B.

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