Yahoo "forcing" default on Firefox

Originally uploaded by Antonescu Razvan.

Spotted via this post about Yahoo pushing Firefox users to switch the default engine from Google to Yahoo.

First reaction: “whatever another dumb Yahoo joke”.

Second reaction few seconds later was much accurate.

• Google is doing the same crap on Internet Explorer 7. See this screenshot to see what I am talking about
• Yahoo doesn’t modify anything on your browser, registry and so on. The only thing it does is too suggest to try the Yahoo engine and if you don’t like it you can switch easily back
• Yahoo doesn’t install a thing…it’s a matter of choice
• You can make the Yahoo “tip” go away for ever

Conclusion…in some matters Yahoo’s strategies are more user friendly and competition friendly. In other matters they can be….Childish