676278 - Search Bar in Aurora doesn't remember search engine option changes after sessions closed

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, defect)

Description

[Jason Ng]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0a2) Gecko/20110803 Firefox/7.0a2
Build ID: 20110803042010

Steps to reproduce:

Every time I start up Aurora since the 2011-08-02 update, the "Search the Web" option has always been at the top and always the one selected.  Despite the fact I've moved Google to the top (which is simply the option I prefer), and made that one the one selected.


Actual results:

It will always be "Search the Web" rather than Google every time a new session is started.


Expected results:

Google should be the search option selected, and it should be at the top of the list where I moved it after using "Manage Search Engines".

Comment 1

[Thomas Ahlblom]

I think your Firefox may have been hijacked in one way or another.
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/762963

"Search the web" is not among the standard search engines in Firefox.

Bug 676080 comment 5 even suggests this search engine comes from the Mozilla Labs Test Pilot. Have you participated in any Test Pilot studies?

Please post the Extensions part of about:support.

Does the issue still occur if you start Firefox in Safe Mode?
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

How about with a new, empty profile?
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting#w_8-make-a-new-profile

Comment 2

[Thomas Ahlblom]

Excerpt from http://blog.mozilla.com/meeting-notes/archives/617:

We broke Google “search the web” — related to user study and Omnibar extension

    http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/?q=search&product=firefox&version=6.0&sentiment=sad&date_start=2011-07-26

Comment 3

[Jason Ng]

I did agree to some test pilot survey on Aug. 2 when I noticed the problem started to appear, and "Search the web" didn't appear in safe mode.