May I suggest that the browser is nowhere near being done until the Mozilla Foundation drops its favoritism to Google and allow users to pick their own default search engine? And that Microsoft ought to be among those choices?

Google got what it wanted. Internet Explorer has no default search engine. If you upgraded to it, IE used whatever search choice was already established on your computer. If you did a fresh install of XP or Vista, then you had to choose your search provider.

Yes, there's an option to add other search engines. At the end of the drop-down box, there's a Manage Search Engines choice that eventually leads you to this page. There, you can find Live Search among the other 23 choices. But as there aren't that many choices, why not add them all to the search box?

I submit that search is an important part of the browser development process that shouldn't be left as a choice made based on how much money Mozilla can earn. It should be done in a way that best benefits the user. That means:

* Let the user make the initial search choice
* Provide a variety of search tools right within the box

Fix it, Firefox. And Google, help them fix it by ensuring that any provisions of the secret contract between you and Firefox are altered to allow for the consumer choice you're so happy to espouse should happen in Internet Explorer.

said by TK Junk Mail :

But the biggest hypocrite is really Google who speaks one way where IE is concerned, but does the opposite for FF.