Comment 8 for bug 578281

I do *not* agree with baidu as default search engine.

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Ray Wang <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi, I'm a Chinese Ubuntu user, and for me, I have no problem with if
> this is for OEM purpose, but I really do _not_ want Baidu would be my
> default search engine for general Maverick Chinese version.
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> Add search plugin for Baidu
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578281
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> hans in ubuntu.
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> Status in “language-pack-zh-hans” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “language-pack-zh-hans” source package in Lucid: Fix Committed
> Status in “language-pack-zh-hans” source package in Maverick: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: ubufox
>
> Baidu is the leading search engine in China (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63R5YM20100429) and growing given Google's departure from China.  It will return results that are more targeted and relevant to users based in China.
>
> I'm attaching a search plugin xml file for Baidu, generated using some information from OEM Service's communications with Baidu and looking at the suggestion info used in https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9184/
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> The suggestion bit works, but not quick enough to suggest as you type...  If you type something in (>= 4 chars) and later backspace, you'll see the cached suggestion results that FF received.  Not sure if I did something wrong or if it's just slow.
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> Baidu told OEM Services that their name is natively spelled 百度一下 so I used that.  Baidu's site is not translated into English, so I don't see a compelling reason for the name to be the Englishy "Baidu" instead of what a native speaker would presumably prefer.
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> This also uses Ubuntu's Baidu ID for searches (the cl=3&tn=ubuntuu_cb bit).
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> Just drop the attached plugin into the searchplugins folder in ubufox.
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YunQiang Su