Op maandag 08-10-2007 om 17:45 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Ian Jackson: > When we choose default search we are sending a very strong message to > our users that this search is in our opinion good and trustworthy.
Well, I guess we'll have to make a pro (quality) & contra (evilness) decision. > There is one obvious entry missing: a BBC News search. There's > probably only room for one news search and the BBC would make sense as > probably the most neutral and reliable. I consider something like <http://www.newsnow.co.uk/> to be more neutral by definition... (AFAIK they were the first to index news sources from all over the world, and thus provide users with a much more diverse view on things.). OTOH, I have no idea who's behind this company, and they don't allow multi-keyword searches outside of the presets for free. > For what it's worth I prefer Debian's approach to this: Debian don't > seem inclined to try to make money in this way and will just do what > they consider best for their users - and by forgoing pursuit of the > financial rewards of particular choices, they ensure that their > decision can be made solely on the proper basis without the risk of > being `bought', subconsciously or otherwise, and without coming to > rely on income from such an arrangement. There could be an (easily recognisable) package that sets things like this, but can be removed (or not installed) by users if they want. (And there could be alternative packages in universe.) -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
