Navigation

    • Login
    • Search
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Rules
    • Help

    Do more on the web, with a fast and secure browser!

    Download Opera browser with:

    • built-in ad blocker
    • battery saver
    • free VPN
    Download Opera

    12.15 forces Google as search engine

    Opera for Windows
    44
    145
    34881
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • Deleted User
      Deleted User last edited by

      Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

      DSK-384235:

      Originally posted by rafaelluik:

      Haha, actually I have reported it also, as DSK-383945.

      Originally posted by LinuxMint7:

      i thought it had already been reported ?.

      Oops! :doh: ... I guess duplicates are still better than no report.

      Meanwhile I've set Wikipedia as the default search engine to stop accidental gurgling :p and continue to use keyword search with "s" for startpage. :wait:

      Reply Quote 0
        1 Reply Last reply
      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

        I guess duplicates are still better than no report.

        Yes, there's no problem with it... I haven't said here before that I've done that, definitely more people also reported it.

        Reply Quote 0
          1 Reply Last reply
        • Deleted User
          Deleted User last edited by

          I too have filed a bug report: DSK-384117

          Reply Quote 0
            1 Reply Last reply
          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            I did it first! 383945 < 384117 < 384235. I'm winning!
            Let's see if someone beats me. haha

            Reply Quote 0
              1 Reply Last reply
            • Chirpie
              Chirpie last edited by

              Originally posted by stepanstas:

              In terms of my conclusions, Opera is in love with Google. There is a reason why it defaults to Google. And it continues to override settings in the mobile App which is what I was referring to.

              Except Opera defaults to other engines in other countries, such as Yandex in Russia.

              Google and Yandex are enemies and at war over the Eastern European search market, and yet Opera ships with Yandex as the default search engine over there.

              And yet Opera loves Google?

              Your inane claims are getting more and more silly by the second.

              Reply Quote 0
                1 Reply Last reply
              • luxor
                luxor last edited by

                Originally posted by rafaelluik:

                I did it first! 383945 < 384117 < 384235. I'm winning!
                Let's see if someone beats me. haha

                There is no point doing that, one bug report is enough. Duplicates just waste the developers time.
                What should be done is whoever reports the bug first then posts the bug number (minus the @xxxxxxxxx.) in the relevant thread. That way everyone else knows the bug has-been reported and no one else wastes the developers time with unnecessary duplicates.

                Reply Quote 0
                  1 Reply Last reply
                • stepanstas
                  stepanstas last edited by

                  Originally posted by Chirpie:

                  Except Opera defaults to other engines in other countries, such as Yandex in Russia.

                  Google and Yandex are enemies and at war over the Eastern European search market, and yet Opera ships with Yandex as the default search engine over there.

                  And yet Opera loves Google?

                  Your inane claims are getting more and more silly by the second.

                  Thats because Opera has a deal with Yandex in Russia and Google in the US.

                  Reply Quote 0
                    1 Reply Last reply
                  • Chirpie
                    Chirpie last edited by

                    Originally posted by stepanstas:

                    Originally posted by Chirpie:

                    Except Opera defaults to other engines in other countries, such as Yandex in Russia.

                    Google and Yandex are enemies and at war over the Eastern European search market, and yet Opera ships with Yandex as the default search engine over there.

                    And yet Opera loves Google?

                    Your inane claims are getting more and more silly by the second.

                    Thats because Opera has a deal with Yandex in Russia and Google in the US.

                    Exactly. Which is why comments like "Opera is in love with Google. There is a reason why it defaults to Google." are insanely stupid.

                    Reply Quote 0
                      1 Reply Last reply
                    • Deleted User
                      Deleted User last edited by

                      Sorry for my interruption. Instead of answering a moderator linked my thread over here and closed it. :down: And I confess to be to annoyed by this Opera-problem to read so much postings in foreign language. So please allow me this question:

                      Are there already any solutions or at least workarounds?

                      Reply Quote 0
                        1 Reply Last reply
                      • frenzie
                        frenzie last edited by

                        Originally posted by a-zeller:

                        Are there already any solutions or at least workarounds?

                        Reverting to 12.14 as mentioned in the OP.

                        Reply Quote 0
                          1 Reply Last reply
                        • raindog68
                          raindog68 last edited by

                          Good to see this is a known problem. I already reinstalled opera for this issue but will go back to a previous version now. I find it bloody annoying to have Google as default. (preferring Startpage as my default)

                          Reply Quote 0
                            1 Reply Last reply
                          • Deleted User
                            Deleted User last edited by

                            I have upgraded from Opera 12.14 to the 12.15, but it doesn't seem to have this issue for me.

                            Reply Quote 0
                              1 Reply Last reply
                            • Deleted User
                              Deleted User last edited by

                              I discovered that ixquick.com is not overwritten - don't know why.

                              Reply Quote 0
                                1 Reply Last reply
                              • lukaszpp
                                lukaszpp last edited by

                                Going back to 12.14 here also. This is sick. If there will be no workaround Im going to firefox.
                                By the way. There is an addon:

                                https://addons.opera.com/pl/extensions/details/searchbox-toolbar-for-opera/?display=en
                                which could possibly get rid of the problem, but:

                                1. It is discontinued
                                2. Somebody would have to write adding new search engine
                                And this could be a solution/workaround.

                                Reply Quote 0
                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                • frenzie
                                  frenzie last edited by

                                  Originally posted by lukaszpp:

                                  If there will be no workaround Im going to firefox.

                                  Try search keywords. It's more efficient regardless.

                                  Reply Quote 0
                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                  • schnellinger
                                    schnellinger last edited by

                                    Originally posted by Luxor:

                                    Originally posted by rafaelluik:

                                    I did it first! 383945 < 384117 < 384235. I'm winning!
                                    Let's see if someone beats me. haha

                                    There is no point doing that, one bug report is enough. Duplicates just waste the developers time.

                                    Hey, if the developers won't waist time, they just should go OPEN bugtracker, like real software does. All Opera to blame.
                                    That nobody knows which bugreport is filled and which not wastes also time for user who report bugs.
                                    Many of us preach since years that the bugreport system is broken by design.
                                    YMMV

                                    Reply Quote 0
                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                    • linuxmint7
                                      linuxmint7 last edited by

                                      Originally posted by Schnellinger:

                                      Hey, if the developers won't waist time, they just should go OPEN bugtracker, like real software does. All Opera to blame.
                                      That nobody knows which bugreport is filled and which not wastes also time for user who report bugs.
                                      Many of us preach since years that the bugreport system is broken by design.
                                      YMMV

                                      That has nothing to do with a single user reporting the same bug multiple times. Which does waste their own time, causes confusion, and also wastes developers time checking every bug number against every bug reported, just to find out that were all the same damn bug. See the problem ?.

                                      Reply Quote 0
                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                      • sipertruk
                                        sipertruk last edited by

                                        If you too are addicted to opera and search engines you can do something like this example for windows, for other os find the "hosts" file there "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)".
                                        Put that at the end of "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" :

                                        xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx google.com
                                        

                                        Replace "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" by an ip address to your favorite engine, if you don't know how to find and ip address from a server name you can use that online tool : http://www.webdnstools.com/dnstools/dns-lookup first tool on the left "Look up DNS Entries".
                                        You could also replace "google.com" by anything else that can be put as default like bing or ixquick.
                                        And put "google.com" or whatever you used as the server name in the url of the default search engine in your opera's settings.

                                        Reply Quote 0
                                          1 Reply Last reply
                                        • Deleted User
                                          Deleted User last edited by

                                          Originally posted by sipertruk:

                                          xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx google.com
                                          

                                          Replace "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" by an ip address to your favorite engine

                                          :doh:

                                          1. That would break a large number of Google services, including those on non-Google sites that don't require a Google account (e.g. Recaptcha).

                                          2. It would be nonsensical anyway. Search query formats differ between engines. StartPage and Ixquick don't even use GET (like Google); they use POST.

                                          Reply Quote 0
                                            1 Reply Last reply
                                          • frenzie
                                            frenzie last edited by

                                            Originally posted by Gingerbread-Man:

                                            StartPage and Ixquick don't even use GET (like Google); they use POST.

                                            Besides the point, but you can search Ixquick with GET. https://ixquick.com/do/search?query=test (of course that is still incompatible with Google's https://google.com?q=test)

                                            Reply Quote 0
                                              1 Reply Last reply
                                            • First post
                                              Last post

                                            Computer browsers

                                            • Opera for Windows
                                            • Opera for Mac
                                            • Opera for Linux
                                            • Opera beta version
                                            • Opera USB

                                            Mobile browsers

                                            • Opera for Android
                                            • Opera Mini
                                            • Opera Touch
                                            • Opera for basic phones

                                            • Add-ons
                                            • Opera account
                                            • Wallpapers
                                            • Opera Ads

                                            • Help & support
                                            • Opera blogs
                                            • Opera forums
                                            • Dev.Opera

                                            • Security
                                            • Privacy
                                            • Cookies Policy
                                            • EULA
                                            • Terms of Service

                                            • About Opera
                                            • Press info
                                            • Jobs
                                            • Investors
                                            • Become a partner
                                            • Contact us

                                            Follow Opera

                                            • Opera - Facebook
                                            • Opera - Twitter
                                            • Opera - YouTube
                                            • Opera - LinkedIn
                                            • Opera - Instagram

                                            © Opera Software 1995-