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

[Majed B.]

I have firefox 3.0.3 and still don't get that option :/

Is it because I'm using the Ubuntu version?

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:01 PM,  <burhan at kuwaitnet.net> wrote:
> 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
>>
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>       Majed B.
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