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		baobun 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox now allows you to add custom search engine... I guess it's a regression fix (perhaps Windows-specific) where it used to work and broke at some recent version? Because the feature as described is indeed nothing new in Firefox. From the linked bug: > Firefox now supports adding your own custom search engines. Just right-click a search field of a supported website and select Add Search Engine, or go to Settings > Search > Add (below the search shortcuts table) to manually enter a search URL. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-en... Mozilla documentation of the feature (updated 2024): https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-en...

wkat4242 7 months ago | [–]

Ah I see yes, thank you! Must be a regression fix then indeed.

Edit: No, after reading it more deeply it seems to be some new UI to manually type the search URL instead of using OpenSearch for it.

tfehring 7 months ago | [–]

Not Windows-specific, I had to go through about:config to enable this on MacOS as of late last year.

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