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

[Burhan Khalid]

Majed B. wrote:
> I have firefox 3.0.3 and still don't get that option :/
> 
> Is it because I'm using the Ubuntu version?

No, firefox is firefox. It should work. Perhaps you are visiting a 
cached version of the page; try ctrl+f5 a couple of times.

Can you click on the google icon and see if it gives you a list of 
search engines?

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> 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
>>>
>> --
>>       Majed B.
>>
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