ECOSIA Search Engine as Default

[spotteron]

spotteron last edited by

We live in times of environment destruction and cliamte change, so the least we can do is to support the ECOSIA search enginge, which plants trees for our search queries. But: the Addon to have ECOSIA as default search is gone from the Opera AddOn section:
https://addons.opera.com/de/extensions/details/ecosia-the-search-engine-that-plants-trees/

How can we make Ecosia our default search engine again,
or better, when does the addon come back?
best regards!

[ac1643]

ac1643 last edited by

If I can't use ecosia as the default Opera search engine then I'm ditching Opera

[concretable]

concretable last edited by

You could put a shortcut to that in the Speed Dial.

[aleksod]

aleksod last edited by

Re: ECOSIA Search Engine as Default
I am just trying to revive this topic. The title says it all.

Thank you for understanding, as this search engine is important to me. I wouldn't want Opera to lose its search revenue if I use Ecosia, nor would I want Ecosia to lose its revenue if I stick with Opera's current defaults.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator last edited by This post is deleted!

[Quorbach]

Quorbach last edited by

Man I love Opera, but not being free to change the search engine for a better one is probably the worst ever thing. I would be ready to pay some bucks to have this option.

[acidinmyfridge]

acidinmyfridge last edited by acidinmyfridge @spotteron

@spotteron
install this opera add-on so you can download chrome extensions, then simply install the ecosia chrome extension

Additionally, you can add ecosia manually to search engines in opera://settings/searchEngines.

Or you use this opera add-on
which allows you to set a custom new page. Simply put ecosia there and whenever you open a new tab, it will open with ecosia.

[turbokiller]

turbokiller last edited by @spotteron

@spotteron said in ECOSIA Search Engine as Default:

We live in times of environment destruction and cliamte change, so the least we can do is to support the ECOSIA search enginge, which plants trees for our search queries. But: the Addon to have ECOSIA as default search is gone from the Opera AddOn section:
https://addons.opera.com/de/extensions/details/ecosia-the-search-engine-that-plants-trees/

How can we make Ecosia our default search engine again,
or better, when does the addon come back?
best regards!

+1

[wernerjacob]

wernerjacob last edited by @acidinmyfridge

@acidinmyfridge said in ECOSIA Search Engine as Default:

ecosia chrome extension

Thank you so much for this very useful hint; a little drop en plus for the hugely endangered environement

[Ludivine]

Ludivine last edited by

@acidinmyfridge The chrome extension doesn't add Ecosia in the list of default search engine and I can't find an Opera extension either ... What else can we add or change ?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator last edited by @Ludivine

You can't, Opera doesn't allow you to use a custom search engine as the default one. That's why this request was made.

[corylbea]

corylbea last edited by

Also adding my voice to let folks know I would like this option as well. Or at least an option to remove the search function from the address bar.

[acidinmyfridge]

acidinmyfridge last edited by acidinmyfridge @Ludivine

@ludivine as there are no options other than adding ecosia to the search engine list within the browser, the only thing i can suggest is to use this opera add-on which allows you to set a custom new page. Simply put the ecosia url there and whenever you open a new tab, it will open with ecosia.

I know this is not what you really ask for, but atm it's better than nothing i presume.

[sangheeta]

sangheeta last edited by

We have to change our habits, because opera blocks things a little, but it's not that hard to add a letter and a space before the word or words you're looking for.

ctrl+l, selects the address bar
s+space+question open result in startpage
d+space+question open result in duckduckgo
q+space+question open result in qwant

This is what I do to bypass the search engines imposed by Opera, and I can change the engine according to my mood.
It is to be configured yourself, of course

[iemf]

iemf last edited by

1. Go to settings and search for "search engines" / right click the place where website addresses are displayed (search bar) and click edit search engines.
2. Under "Other search engines" click add and fill in as follows
   a) Search engine: Ecosia
   b) Keyword: e
   c) URL with %s in place of query: https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=%s
3. Go on the search bar and type "e " and then you'll be using Ecosia. Unfortunately, the settings do not allow for it to be truly default although it does get really close.

Here's the same process with StartPage if you would like illustrations: https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/en/Knowledgebase/Article/View/277/13/how-do-i-add-startpage-to-opera-as-a-default-search-engine