My Firefox has updated from version 17 (ESR) to 24 and now my search boxes don't work the way that they used to. Previously the main address bar would search using Google, whereas I'd configured the separate search bar to use our internal documentation site. This was great; when I needed to look up how something internal works then I'd use the search bar, otherwise I'd use the address bar.
In Firefox 24 it seems that these are no longer independent; the main address bar now searches the documentation site, and if I change that bar to Google then the search bar swaps over too. I've had a look around and can't find any way of changing this (although I've found plenty of people complaining about it!). On top of Firefox silently updating from 17 to 24 (despite having "ask me" enabled in the options) this was enough for me to see what else is out there.
I'd heard that SeaMonkey is a more "power user-oriented" version of Gecko and indeed at first glance it shows you a lot more settings than the modern versions of Firefox do! Unfortunately it seems to have the same issue; changing one of the search bars causes the other one to swap over as well.
Does anyone know any way of making either browser use independent search engines for the two different bars?
Thanks
In Firefox 24 it seems that these are no longer independent; the main address bar now searches the documentation site, and if I change that bar to Google then the search bar swaps over too. I've had a look around and can't find any way of changing this (although I've found plenty of people complaining about it!). On top of Firefox silently updating from 17 to 24 (despite having "ask me" enabled in the options) this was enough for me to see what else is out there.
I'd heard that SeaMonkey is a more "power user-oriented" version of Gecko and indeed at first glance it shows you a lot more settings than the modern versions of Firefox do! Unfortunately it seems to have the same issue; changing one of the search bars causes the other one to swap over as well.
Does anyone know any way of making either browser use independent search engines for the two different bars?
Thanks