Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Michel on Oct. 14, 2017 ·

and why it has to be installed manually :

Thunderbird got MONEY from Microsoft to make Bing (the sound that your head will do against the wall when you use it) the default search engine, but apparently the deal must also have involved preventing Google to be used... Yuck.

The module works perfectly with Thunderbird 52.4.0 despite the mention "this module is incompatible with your version of thunderbird"...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Ellsinore on Oct. 2, 2017 ·

I've looked for a solution to this problem before and only found convoluted config solutions -- no mention of this extension until today when I've finally had enough. Registered just to submit this review and ask WHY this is even NECESSARY?!?!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by nDR01d on July 9, 2017 ·

Works with said version. Mozilla should auto provide this. Get rid of Bing please.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Feidaman on Oct. 3, 2016 ·

It works. I don't know why Mozilla don't include Google search. In fact, I believe previous versions did include it, because on my older machine with an old installation of Thunderbird I can see Google in the drop-down list. One more nice thing, after installing this extension it's ok to remove it, the Google entry remains in the list. Nice!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Mathias Panzenböck on Sept. 4, 2016 ·

Funktioniert wie erwartet.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Mc Magg on March 15, 2016 ·

Arbeitet sauber und zuverlässig Mann kennt es halt nicht anders.
Ein großes DANKE an den Entwickler. Ohne Euch würde das Netz nur halb soviel Spaß machen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Firefox user a0f4fa on Feb. 25, 2016 ·

I am grateful to the author for writing a plug-in to fill a glaring omission on mozilla's part. However, the real question is why this was necessary? It smacks of political infighting between mozilla and google. Why?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Tim G. on Sept. 3, 2015 ·

Works. Save, then go to add-ons, click the sprocket and install.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Bruce on Aug. 11, 2015 ·

This would be a better description, if:

In Mozilla Thunderbird, open Add-ons from the Tools menu.

I had a "Tools" menu. I probably do, but after chasing through a mess of menus and not finding it, I get tired and cranky. I know you are trying to be pure in spirit and true to the values of open source and all, but I just want to get my job done and this purity c**p gets in the way and instructions that don't work make it all the worse.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by CB Hedricks on April 27, 2015 ·

After installing the add on it was not showing Google as option to search. I resorted to opening the Config Editor and replaced Bing entries with Google as primary search engine before everything worked correctly.

All in all - a great tool to remove / replace Bing with Google.

Cheers!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Marti on Oct. 27, 2014 ·

After downloading "Google Search for Thunderbird" I received an error message that Google Search does not work with Firefox 32.0.3!!!
So now what?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by onlyfor.foren on Aug. 17, 2014 ·

Works fine for me. Bye Bye Bing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Anafiel on Sept. 7, 2013 ·

Perfect! I use Thunderbird 17.0.8, and I hated the Bing search engine. This add-on did the job for me.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by gavranha on June 18, 2013 ·

Just installed and is working like a charm. Now I'm free from 'boing'. Very useful add-on.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

by Serge_del on March 18, 2013 ·

Il manque juste le choix du moteur...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by javaweasel on Jan. 14, 2013 ·

This plugin is exactly what I needed, after I spent an hour unsuccessfully messing around in my profile folder and about:config.

In response to the other reviewer, I've watched the net traffic using Wireshark, and this plugin does *not* 'phone home.' It goes right to Google.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by David Rowlinson on Oct. 20, 2012 ·

Works for me

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by Charles Herold on Oct. 4, 2012 ·

I didn't even know Thunderbird had a web search until today when I accidentally clicked on something and discovered it could search Bing. Since I hate Bing I decided on principle to find a way to get rid of it. I installed this, and now I can search with Google if I want to.

I don't know what that other reviewer is going on about. How can you give one star to something that does exactly what it says it does?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by AG on May 17, 2012 ·

This add-on installs a URL that goes to a Standard8 domain, not directly to Google. I would suggest following the manual instructions on the MozillaZine KB article. Removing it did seem to restore things properly.

by Firefox user beeb85 (Developer) on Sept. 18, 2012 ·

I've just re-downloaded the current version of the add-on, nothing in the add-on except for its ID mentions standard8. I don't see how this can redirect to any standard8 domain.