On 20 Mar 2025 as I do recall,
vincent sanders wrote:
> Back in February I updated the integrated web search functionality.
>
> At the time I mentioned I would attempt to allow the configuration of
> the active web search on RISC OS through the GUI instead of having to
> edit the Choices file manually.
>
> This has been committed and available in CI build #6804
>
> I would be grateful if interested users could try the new configuration
> and mention any issues.
>
I tried deleting my manually-configured home page value of google.co.uk,
and Netsurf duly started up by showing its Welcome page with "Web
Search" pointing to DuckDuckGo.
Tried switching 'Search' from the Choices window to 'IMDB',
experimentally, and nothing happened when I pressed Return in the
Welcome page search icon. Or, for that matter, when I clicked on the
Search button.
Tried 'Bing' and that worked. Tried 'Ebay' and that worked [edit:
although it defaults to ebay.com rather than ebay.co.uk - not sure how
many American users we have, but this means that all the prices are
displayed in dollars and most of the items advertised pay international
postage!]
I haven't tested any others.
From a user interface point of view it would be preferable to have an
indication on said Welcome page of which search engine will actually be
used, and a way to switch, say, temporarily to Ebay without
reconfiguring via Choices - but I can see that it is complicated by the
fact that this is a web page and not a normal RISC OS window with
drop-down menus etc....
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