So apparently as of Firefox 34 beta 11 we’re no longer shown the icon for the search provider in primary UI. We’re supposed to go to Options/Preferences now to see and change that? If true*, that’s … not pleasant. It adds friction to the process of shopping one’s search to different providers to find the most useful results.
EDIT: * Actually, you can pick a different provider in primary UI, just not with a mouse. Arrow down in the search box.
Somewhat over a year ago, I was at Yahoo HQ for a job interview – they were hiring a lot of people for a big renovation project – and I was very puzzled as I looked around the place. It was a big campus, bigger than the Microsoft campus nearby, and everything was posh and looked new.
I was puzzled because I couldn’t think where the money was coming from. Aside from one email list I was subscribed to, I hadn’t used any Yahoo services in years, and I didn’t know anyone who did. Pretty much everything they do that I know of has been supplanted by other Internet giants, mostly Google.
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