265926 - installer should include search plugin options

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Installer, enhancement)

Description

[Craig Kovatch]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1

I think the Firefox installer should include checkboxes for which of the default
search plugins you would like installed - for example, I'd like to be able to
turn off Amazon and Yahoo when I am installing.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Ali Ebrahim]

This adds too much complex UI to the Firefox custom installer. We want to keep
things simple and comprehensible. Too many people will think that unchecking
these options will mean that they won't be able to browse Yahoo! and Amazon, and
too many people will think that installing these search plugins will install
some kind of advertising toolbar.

I'm marking this as WONTFIX, because it complicates the installer way too much.

Comment 2

[Craig Kovatch]

How does this add any UI at all? The installer already has checkboxes for the
DOM inspector and quality feedback agent, both which lack any real explanation
at all anyway. It would be very simple to add checkboxes for these plugins along
with a description at the bottom. Neither would require any UI additions.

Comment 3

[Devin]

As a user who moved from IE, I _really_ want this custom install option so that
I can turn off search options I don't want/need (e.g. Creative Commons?). It'll
be better once 284625 is addressed, sure, but it's still an annoyance when
setting FF up on my relative's computers. Give me a Typical, Custom, even a
Minimal (no themes or search bar stuff except Google). PS - Mr.Ebrahim, we're
not all idiots - give the users some credit, or at least respect.

Comment 4

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

This isn't something we're going to do. Sorry.

Comment 5

[Ali Ebrahim]

verify wontfix per comment 1