Comment 11 for bug 305905

Il giorno ven, 16/10/2009 alle 12.32 +0000, Matthew Paul Thomas ha
scritto:
> It would be completely wrong to "make users understand that what they
> are using is not Google", because what they are using *is* Google.
> That's why it's served from www.google.com.

Matthew, please, I really want to understand this issue. I think I have
a rather good education in computer science, and I find what you say
above very wrong.

Is it true or not, that the form in the default start page submits to a
custom google search? And is it true or not that users have NO way to
know if search results are altered? Is it true or not that banners are
more prominent in the ubuntu search?

The above is why I say that the standard page is not the standard google
search. Then, it becomes a matter whether one believes or not that users
will think to be using a standard google form. That's in my opinion
induced by the fact that the standard google page is extremely similar
to thhe ubuntu one, and that most browsers (not only in the linux world)
use google as their default page, so it is expectable that the standard
home page is a google search.

Matthew, I find rather insulting that most developers give a reply like
the one you gave ("hey, it's google after all!") when they are asked
about this, but when the questions become more precise, they don't reply
at all.

So please, reply.

Vincenzo