Website redesigns search interface ahead of Yahoo switch

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November 28, 2014 11:23 AM

By default, Firefox now features in-built one-click search for the likes of Wikipedia, Amazon (with Mozilla adding its affiliate link to the search), Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, eBay and Twitter.

Last week, Mozilla announced its new partnership with Yahoo to switch Firefox's default search engine to a a yet-to-be launched new version of Yahoo's Bing-powered search experience.

At that time, it was noted how easy it is to switch between search engines in Firefox and now the organization is making it even easier with the launch of a new search experience in the Firefox beta channel.

Instead of burying the ability to switch search engines somewhere in the settings, Firefox now puts it front and center. Whenever you start typing a query in the browser's dedicated search box, you'll now see a link to the search settings right underneath the suggestions.

In addition, you now get the ability to execute your search in another search engine (or on another site) right underneath those suggestions, too. So if you know you'll want to go to Wikipedia anyway, you don't have to do a Google (or Yahoo) search first and then click on the Wikipedia link. Instead, you simply click on the Wikipedia icon in the search suggestions box and move on with life.

As with all things Firefox, it's easy to customize this list by removing some options.

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