I can't add search providers from website and I can't find search providers on the add-ons site
I'm using Firefox 3.6.3 and I removed the Google search provider (I was trying to figure out how to get it to default to using the new SSL search site), but now I can't re-add Google from their website and when I select the "Get more search engines..." link I get taken to the Firefox Add-Ons site where the searches do not actually return search providers, just plug-ins.
This happened
Every time Firefox opened
== Dunno, this is the first time I've tried to add search providers in Firefox 3.6.3
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You can restore the default search engines if you click the search engine icon on the Google search bar and open "Manage Search Engines".
Look here for additional search engines: http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ Look here for additional Google search engines: http://mycroft.mozdev.org/quick/google.html
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_search_or_add_new_engines http://kb.mozillazine.org/Search_Bar
You can add your own search bar by using https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3682 I use this all the time it is very simple and easy to use
Add Google SSL (still in beta testing) to the search bar (click the first item): http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html?name=google+ssl
If you want Google SSL (still in beta testing) to search when typing in the URL/location bar, you need to change a preference, keyword.url: -Enter about:config in the address/URL bar and press the Enter key -If you see a warning, accept it (Promise that you will be careful) -Filter = keyword.url -Below the Filter, right-click on keyword.URL and choose "Modify" -Enter or copy the following into the value field: https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q= -Restart Firefox (File > Restart Firefox)
See: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.url
Other Issues: to correct security/stability issues
Update Java: your ver. 1.6.0.19; current ver. 1.6.0.20 (important security update 04-15-2010) (Firefox 3.6 and above requires Java 1.6.0.10 and above; see: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Java-related+issues#Java_does_not_work_in_Firefox_3_6) (Windows users: Do the manual update; very easy.) See: Updating Java Do the update with Firefox closed.
Install/Update Adobe Flash Player for Firefox: your ver. 10.0 r32; current ver. 10.0 r45 See: Updating Flash -use Firefox to download and SAVE to your hard drive (save to Desktop for easy access) -exit Firefox (File > Exit) -check to see that Firefox is completely closed (Ctrl+Alt+Del, choose Task Manager, click Processes tab, if "firefox.exe" is on the list, right-click "firefox.exe" and choose End process, close the Task Manager window) -double-click on the Adobe Flash installer you just downloaded to install/update Adobe Flash -when the Flash installation is complete, start Firefox, and test the Flash installation here: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15507&sliceId=1
- NOTE: On Vista and Windows 7 you may need to run the plugin installer as Administrator by starting the installer via the right-click context menu if you do not get an UAC prompt to ask for permission to continue (i.e nothing seems to happen). See this: http://vistasupport.mvps.org/run_as_administrator.htm
- NOTE for IE: Firefox and most other browsers use a Plugin. IE uses an ActiveX version of Flash. To install/update the IE ActiveX Adobe Flash Player, same instructions as above, except use IE to download the ActiveX Flash installer.
- Also see: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash ~~red:and~~ How do I edit options to add Adobe to the list of allowed sites
To add Google back to the search bar, go to http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ , click on "Top 100", Google is #11 on the list.