Tumblr 101: Tips And Tricks To Get Started
WATCH: Shredding On The Google Guitar!
Microsoft smartens up, releases Live Search addon for Firefox
It may be several years late, but Microsoft has finally decided to acknowledge two things.First, that Firefox does, in fact, exist.
Second, that not having an official Live Search plugin for it was just plain stupid.
Just days ago, the addon appeared on the Mozilla repository. With all the talk recently about the strained relationship between between Mozilla and Google since Chrome's release, the move by Microsoft certainly isn't an unexpected one.
With about 260 installs since its release, Firefox users don't appear in a hurry to install Live Search.
Surprising? No, not really.
I think It's safe to say that most Firefox users either prefer Google, strongly dislike Microsoft, or a combination of the two.
Comments
14
Subscribe to commentsJimJan 30th 2009 1:53PM
What is the theme in the picture, anyone?
DavidJan 30th 2009 1:52PM
"First, that Firefox does, in fact, exist."
Microsoft has long acknowledged this, evidenced by the fact that of a specific Firefox version of Hotmail and how it worked together with Mozilla to design a single unified RSS icon to be shared by both Internet Explorer and Firefox (which still isn't used by Safari).
"Second, that not having an official Live Search plugin for it was just plain stupid."
Yep, Microsoft was stupid on that one - irrespective of its take up, Microsoft would have been smarter to release this much, much earlier.
Lee MathewsJan 30th 2009 1:54PM
Yeah...wasn't totally serious on the acknowledgement thing, but thanks for enlightening us on RSS thing!
JimJan 30th 2009 1:53PM
What is that theme in the picture, anyone?
Lee MathewsJan 30th 2009 1:53PM
It's Proto: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7540
JimJan 30th 2009 1:58PM
TY lee
Muffin_manJan 30th 2009 2:19PM
I love Microsoft products but Live search really is rubbish.
intellerJan 30th 2009 2:49PM
Live search for firefox? What for all 4 users? What a waste of time Microsoft.
alex1jamJan 30th 2009 2:51PM
I will stick with my freedom and equality fo all company and just have Google search.
MozzballJan 30th 2009 10:53PM
I love me some google, but between my computer, my blackberry, and my medical records, I think We'll hate them as badly as m$ in 10 years
Robert PalmarApr 16th 2009 5:09PM
The downloads of this plugin are not an
measure of Live Search users on Firefox.
I have had Live Search as an option in
the Firefox search box along with other search
engines without the need for any "official" search plugins.
Since this has been possible from the onset of Live Search
it logical this was clearly not a priority for Microsoft.
David RussellJan 31st 2009 7:43AM
Or it could just be the fact that MSN Search is garbage, and has been since at least 2000.
gonintendoJan 30th 2009 6:18PM
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4610
Been around for a while.
gonintendoJan 30th 2009 6:18PM
9,049 weekly downloads
788,100 total downloads