Comment 10 for bug 405350

Il 11/08/2009 18:21, Paul Sladen ha scritto:
> So is it the setting of 'start.ubuntu.com' as the default page, or the
> use of Google CSE that is the issue?
>

I don't know, that's up to you.

The bug is that users see by default a page that looks like google and
is not google, and users should ALWAYS be able to tell when they're
sending their data to somebody, and when they are receiving more banners
because somebody else earns cash.

The possible solutions are many.

1) do not use the CSE at all in the start page, because it's "evil" in
the sense that users can not tell if some sites have been excluded from
the search (unless doing an infinite number of tests).

2) edit start.ubuntu.com so that it contains a brief explanation of
what's going on, and users can easily tell that they are not going to
search on google

3) do not use start.ubuntu.com/distribution as a default home page (then
what to do with that page I don't know). If start.ubuntu.com is still
linked by the distribution packages, it should still be edited as in 2)
above

4) provide a default home page that lets users opt-in in your data
collection things. That would be the saner way.

5) whatever you can come up with, it's your software, not mine. I'd go
for 4 if it was mine.

Vincenzo