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Why is there no option in V6 to change the default search engine?

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MrBlueSky
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I've uninstalled the Babylon addon, but if I search from the address field, the search engine defaults to Babylon. Why isn't there a choice under Options?

I've uninstalled the Babylon addon, but if I search from the address field, the search engine defaults to Babylon. Why isn't there a choice under Options?

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cor-el
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See:

MrBlueSky
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Thank you. That's fixed it, but my question is still valid - why isn't there a choice of search engines in "Options" - as there is in Google Chrome?

cor-el
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The Mozilla developers usually leave such advanced settings to extensions developers.

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MrBlueSky
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How can choosing a search engine be an addon? It should be part of Firefox - as it is with Chrome and IE.