Take A Peek At The Lucid Firefox Start Page

By , Published February 11, 2010

Yahoo! is the new default search engine in Firefox in Ubuntu 10.04.

As with every release the firefox “start page” is redesigned, with the switch to a new search provider this change is even more apparent. Wanna take a peek? Head over to: -

http://start.ubuntu.com/10.04/

Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk

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  • ninjapirate89

    I still haven’t made up my mind on whether switching to yahoo is a good idea or not.

    • http://twitter.com/kinesthesia kinesthesia

      More money for Canonical and you can change it back to Google whenever you want. There are no downsides as far as I know.

      • http://www.thekiplingconspiracy.co.uk christiegrinham

        The downside is that yahoo! search is run by Bing, which is run by microsoft, so they’re indirectly promoting microsoft

        • Anirudh

          The integration won’t be effective until 2011

        • https://login.launchpad.net/+id/WhpnWB3 dael99

          so? this makes Canonical a bad company?

          they are so smart that they are taking up M$ money and giving back to the community what they’ve stolen all these years including licenses in our new computers.

          • http://www.thekiplingconspiracy.co.uk christiegrinham

            I never said it makes them a bad company.
            But saying that they’re taking Microsoft’s money is like using a stolen version of Windows to show that you hate Microsoft. It being stolen doesn’t really matter, because you’re still using Windows and so your point is entirely moot. By using Windows you have expanded their userbase, you are promoting them by saying it’s worth stealing and you extend their stranglehold on computing.
            Microsoft can afford to pay Canonical to use Yahoo! Search in Ubuntu because they will themselves make money out of the partnership.

        • http://twitter.com/kinesthesia kinesthesia

          They’re not promoting any thing. As I said, there’s no downside to this.

      • http://www.thekiplingconspiracy.co.uk christiegrinham

        The downside is that yahoo! search is run by Bing, which is run by microsoft, so they’re indirectly promoting microsoft

      • Yfrwlf

        I think the downside is that hardly anyone uses Yahoo for searching, most use Google and expect Google. So is this switch actually a good thing for the majority of Ubuntu users? I don’t think it’s in their best interests. Of course it’s nothing critical though, but it is a possible annoyance, and Ubuntu doesn’t need anymore annoyances.

    • http://twitter.com/kinesthesia kinesthesia

      More money for Canonical and you can change it back to Google whenever you want. There are no downsides as far as I know.

  • ninjapirate89

    I still haven’t made up my mind on whether switching to yahoo is a good idea or not.

  • Anonymous

    Haha, looks like google.

  • Anonymous

    Haha, looks like google.

  • Anonymous

    Hideous.

  • Anonymous

    Hideous.

  • AndyP79

    LAME! I still don’t think switching to Yahoo is a good idea, and they should have something better that the usual lame search page. Mint gives out nice blog/update page that is a quick look at what is to come and other news. I am really worried about the upcoming release, and really don’t like the work I have to do to play with this last release. I thought Mark moving positions in the company would mean better things to come, things instead have been turned upside down.

    • Anirudh

      The move hasn’t come into effect yet. It’s occurring next month, so wait for Ubuntu 10.10

      Plus 10.04 is an LTS and usually have less dramatic changes made to them (or so the developers say).

    • Anirudh

      The move hasn’t come into effect yet. It’s occurring next month, so wait for Ubuntu 10.10

      Plus 10.04 is an LTS and usually have less dramatic changes made to them (or so the developers say).

  • carl

    Why force those who upgrade to change? I do enough changing now. First off goes Tomboy and FSpot. Next All the Mono stuff followed by Empathy. If they want to change anything make it easier to remove Mono. Oh and don’t go and make a “chicken” because some of us don’t want Mono Apps or Mono in our system.

    Also, what is the deal where there is talk of Banshee taking over for Fspot, and Totem down the road.

    Next, why not promote Gimp instead of asking if want Photoshop. Adobe could make a deb anytime they wanted.

    I really loved when I read someone took Inkscape and taught students to use it though it was on Windows.

    Really, should not free software be promoted and shown how to do things with it.

    Last, Why did Jono not use Ardour instead of Cubase? A community leader and not using……

    All these things make me wonder.

    • http://brettalton.com/ Brett

      I don’t understand a single argument except for the one about Jono.

      * Tomboy and FSpot are still around
      * What Mono stuff?
      * What’s wrong with Empathy over Pidgin? It has much greater integration into GNOME than Pidgin
      * Easier to remove Mono? Only a very select amount of people want that feature. You may just think it’s more people because they’re so vocal
      * Banshee taking over FSpot and Totem? No one in Ubuntu said that but the Banshee developers said they’re making the base abstract enough that it will soon be able to support photos…
      * Promote GIMP over Photoshop? Why bother? Corporate partnerships would be much more beneficial more users and Canonical. When GIMP releases 2.8 and pulls their weight, then we’ll talk
      * Users using Inkscape on Ubuntu for the first time and thinking it was Windows? Ubuntu is very Windows-esque. Also Inkscape can run on Windows natively…
      * Jono has stated on multiple occasions that he uses Cubase because none of his equipment is supported under Ubuntu. He’s frustrated with that like anyone else but can’t do anything about until the hardware companies change their mind.

    • http://brettalton.com/ Brett

      I don’t understand a single argument except for the one about Jono.

      * Tomboy and FSpot are still around
      * What Mono stuff?
      * What’s wrong with Empathy over Pidgin? It has much greater integration into GNOME than Pidgin
      * Easier to remove Mono? Only a very select amount of people want that feature. You may just think it’s more people because they’re so vocal
      * Banshee taking over FSpot and Totem? No one in Ubuntu said that but the Banshee developers said they’re making the base abstract enough that it will soon be able to support photos…
      * Promote GIMP over Photoshop? Why bother? Corporate partnerships would be much more beneficial more users and Canonical. When GIMP releases 2.8 and pulls their weight, then we’ll talk
      * Users using Inkscape on Ubuntu for the first time and thinking it was Windows? Ubuntu is very Windows-esque. Also Inkscape can run on Windows natively…
      * Jono has stated on multiple occasions that he uses Cubase because none of his equipment is supported under Ubuntu. He’s frustrated with that like anyone else but can’t do anything about until the hardware companies change their mind.

  • carl

    Why force those who upgrade to change? I do enough changing now. First off goes Tomboy and FSpot. Next All the Mono stuff followed by Empathy. If they want to change anything make it easier to remove Mono. Oh and don’t go and make a “chicken” because some of us don’t want Mono Apps or Mono in our system.

    Also, what is the deal where there is talk of Banshee taking over for Fspot, and Totem down the road.

    Next, why not promote Gimp instead of asking if want Photoshop. Adobe could make a deb anytime they wanted.

    I really loved when I read someone took Inkscape and taught students to use it though it was on Windows.

    Really, should not free software be promoted and shown how to do things with it.

    Last, Why did Jono not use Ardour instead of Cubase? A community leader and not using……

    All these things make me wonder.

  • http://twitter.com/Bro0kLyNz Michael Lora

    That looks horrible..

    • ninjapirate89

      Hardy had the best default page by far. For those who have forgotten or don’t know: http://start.ubuntu.com/8.04/

      On a side note, I think Hardy also had the best default wallpaper.

      • http://brettalton.com/ Brett

        I agree with both of those statements.

      • http://brettalton.com/ Brett

        I agree with both of those statements.

    • ninjapirate89

      Hardy had the best default page by far. For those who have forgotten or don’t know: http://start.ubuntu.com/8.04/

      On a side note, I think Hardy also had the best default wallpaper.

    • insanelyapple

      looks horrible and of course theres no preferences ;S http://search.yahoo.com/ – under “more”

    • insanelyapple

      looks horrible and of course theres no preferences ;S http://search.yahoo.com/ – under “more”

  • Chris

    Wow. Thank god they finally got rid of the previous homepage. It was hideous.

  • Erik

    so how does this work? does Ubuntu get money everytime we use this startpage to make a search or just the money up front for switching to Yahoo?

  • Antti

    Don’t mind that. I believe about 99% of users will change the search engine back to google from the first start. Although active flickr users like me will appreciate the default passage to yahoo services and websites.

    Oh God I just hope Canonical will NOT try to force people to Yahoo direction in any other way than just default search page. That will do nothing but harm to open source community.

  • Antti

    Don’t mind that. I believe about 99% of users will change the search engine back to google from the first start. Although active flickr users like me will appreciate the default passage to yahoo services and websites.

    Oh God I just hope Canonical will NOT try to force people to Yahoo direction in any other way than just default search page. That will do nothing but harm to open source community.

  • Anonymous

    at least its clean looking.

  • John

    Pretty sure everyone types a search in that box Canonical get a few pennies.

  • John

    Pretty sure everyone types a search in that box Canonical get a few pennies.

  • Anonymous

    Nice and clean at lease, When I first heard of the swap to Yahoo I had imagined a brightly coloured page full of adds. Thank good Bing didn’t offer loads of money to them…

  • Anonymous

    Nice and clean at lease, When I first heard of the swap to Yahoo I had imagined a brightly coloured page full of adds. Thank good Bing didn’t offer loads of money to them…

  • Mohan

    Same as the current on – google + yahoo. :)

  • https://login.launchpad.net/+id/WhpnWB3 dael99

    I like it. Simple and without the ugly brown.

  • daas88

    the first thing i did was search for “google” ^^

  • vlad

    yahoo ftl

  • Anonymous

    Ew. As far as I’ve used Search Engines I’ve never liked Yahoo, but on the side of making a few bucks (in the form of stealing from the rich giving to the community) is alright with me, plus Yahoo is indirectly owned by Micro$oft, no one will actually connect the dots to figure that Ubuntu is using a Micro$oft engine… I just wish Google forked up a bit more cash to help out so we wouldn’t have to have made this change.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t mind too much, I never use the start page.

  • Anonymous

    Not good…

  • Anonymous

    Not good…

  • Anonymous

    Not good…