Don't import Sherlock search services anymore

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1. Root out the old, decrepit engines, replace with smaller number of new
hawtness.
2. Make sure UI is responsive.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by classi...@floodgap.com on 1 Nov 2009 at 8:26

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Target to 9.3.1. Critical as this has some minor security implications and 
9.3.1 will be a security rollup.

Original comment by classi...@floodgap.com on 6 Apr 2011 at 1:34

• Added labels: Milestone-Release9.3.1, Priority-Critical
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium

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Places to fix:

xpfe:components:search:datasets
profiles:default:search.rdf

Original comment by classi...@floodgap.com on 21 Feb 2012 at 4:32

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I'd like to suggest startpage.com for the default search engine.
It has Google's search results, but with a better privacy policy and a cleaner 
presentation.

duckduckgo.com and ixquick.com could also be included.

Since scroogle.org went down recently, and Google is changing their privacy 
policy, people have been discussing the options for privacy-protecting search 
engines.  With the ones that require JavaScript excluded, those are the short 
list.  Duckduckgo and Ixquick are less comprehensive than Google, but can still 
be useable.

Original comment by sakuya...@lavabit.com on 24 Feb 2012 at 1:04

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I've had some dealings with duckduckgo and they've been pretty aggressive about 
getting themselves as the default engine with as many minor browsers as 
possible, but I'm concerned about the search site that suddenly decides to put 
a minimum requirement. At least Google has the track record of a basic HTML 
minimum for most of their major services such as map, search and mail. So I'd 
still like Google in first position, not because I particularly like them but 
because they are likely to be the best fit.

But the others seem reasonable as secondaries.

Original comment by classi...@floodgap.com on 24 Feb 2012 at 9:46

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So after some research, all those stale search engines are actually coming in 
through Sherlock. Altered nsInternetSearchService.cpp to only do this if 
classilla.search.sherlock.enable is true, and defaulting to false, since all of 
these are terribly old. Users who want Sherlock search sources in Classilla can 
turn that back on.

Original comment by classi...@floodgap.com on 8 Oct 2012 at 10:28

• Changed title: Don't import Sherlock search services anymore

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Finally, removed the NetscapeSearch.src dataset and cleared resources. Now we 
just support the basics, and people can add to that.

Original comment by classi...@floodgap.com on 8 Oct 2012 at 10:59

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Original comment by classi...@floodgap.com on 19 Oct 2012 at 4:49

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