+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted December 13, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted December 13, 2014 Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users To ?Upgrade? To Firefox If you?re visiting any Yahoo property today, chances are you?ll see an ?Upgrade to the new Firefox? link in the top-right corner of your browser window. The prompt also appears if you?re using Internet Explorer, Opera and even the new Yandex browser. However, the prompt is missing from Safari, which will surely prompt a new round of speculation about Apple?s rumored switch to Yahoo as its default search engine. Given that Firefox now uses Yahoo as its default search engine, this move doesn?t come as a huge surprise. Yahoo clearly wants as many people as possible to use Firefox ? and with it its search engine (which is powered by Microsoft Bing). Firefox?s user share has dropped quite a bit over the last few years, so Mozilla has no objections to putting the Firefox logo in front of as many Yahoo users as possible. Changing the default search engine in Firefox is trivial (and Firefox recently made it even easier), but most users never bother to make the switch. The new Yahoo Search design for Firefox users also looks pretty much exactly like Google?s, so some users may not even notice the difference. It?s still too early to know whether the Yahoo/Mozilla deal made any difference in terms of market share for either of the two organizations, but chances are we?ll see at least a small uptick in Yahoo?s numbers come January. Source: TechCrunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Yahoo seems like a shady partner to do business with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D!ABOL!C Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I noticed that when checking my fantasy football stuff. I just ignore it, although I do use firefox as an alternate to chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Elі Subscriber² Posted December 13, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted December 13, 2014 It's not just Chrome users, I get that on IE too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted December 13, 2014 Author Subscriber² Share Posted December 13, 2014 I don't get the notification in Safari 8. It does show up in Chrome however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I don't get the notification in Safari 8. It does show up in Chrome however. what's your take on this? a simple business deal between yahoo and mozilla? if so what's your thoughts on that? I've heard alot of negative from yahoo the last several months my thoughts are, there IS a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted December 13, 2014 Author Subscriber² Share Posted December 13, 2014 what's your take on this? a simple business deal between yahoo and mozilla? if so what's your thoughts on that? I've heard alot of negative from yahoo the last several months my thoughts are, there IS a deal. It is a business deal. Mozilla's main source of income used to be the money from Google in return for having Google as default search. For whatever reason renewing the Google deal fell through, and Yahoo stepped in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Yahoo is also hurting for money. they aren't exactly the best search/news source anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Yahoo is also hurting for money. they aren't exactly the best search/news source anymore Never was spaceelf, +Raze and DConnell 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Berry Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Not much of an upgrade if you ask me. :P Order_66 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Order_66 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Not much of an upgrade if you ask me. :p ^ This Firefox always felt half-baked and clunky to me and was always noticeably slower than chrome and IE no matter what machine I used it on. SoCalRox 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Yahoo financially benefits from people 'upgrading' to Firefox. It's a sleazy business practice but unfortunately it's common in the search market, like the way Microsoft installs the Bing bar by default with Skype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Yahoo financially benefits from people 'upgrading' to Firefox. It's a sleazy business practice but unfortunately it's common in the search market, like the way Microsoft installs the Bing bar by default with Skype. Kind of like how Adobe Flash installs Google Chrome or how Oracle Java installs Ask Jeeves? Oh wait, doesn't Microsoft own Skype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Kind of like how Adobe Flash installs Google Chrome or how Oracle Java installs Ask Jeeves? Yes. It's a sleazy business practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted December 13, 2014 MVC Share Posted December 13, 2014 Kind of like how Adobe Flash installs Google Chrome or how Oracle Java installs Ask Jeeves? Oh wait, doesn't Microsoft own Skype? I always thought Adobe installs McAfee Security Scan. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Yes. It's a sleazy business practice. Yeah I'm not a fan of those things. Not even the Bing Bar. I wish they were not checked by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Toshiba kind of does this practise too. whenever I get a new laptop, I immediately uninstall the norton bloatware. I wonder if yahoo is getting a kick back from mozilla or the other way around? seems like a common practise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Firefox has been having more and more issues. Been using them the years but getting tired of the bugs and it being a memory hog. Been thinking of switching fit some time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Not much of an upgrade if you ask me. :p Yes, it's more of a major upgrade compared to Chrome in my honest opinion. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Eh my response to 'upgrade from IE11' is usually 'upgrade yer damn website' but this? Glad I don't use Yahoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rohdekill Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 What's Yahoo? DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiranui Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I was going to joke that I'd rather use Alta Vista than Yahoo. However, I'm am surprised to discover that a) Alta Vista still exists and b) It is now owned by Yahoo! (redirecting to Yahoo! since 2013) I'd rather use Archie than Yahoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcfan Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I always thought Adobe installs McAfee Security Scan. only if you're using firefox. if you're using IE, or opera, it will try to peddle chrome instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starman444 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 This reminds me of the early days with Win98 where all the websites where telling people to upgrade to IE6, happening all over again...sheeh, people should be allowed to use whatever browser they want. Keep the web open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 No different than Google trying to get me to use Chrome, business as usual. Max Norris 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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