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Can't leave gmail and go directly back to google; what gives??

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patsaking
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Used to be able to go to "search" in upper right and get back to Google home page. Have tried twice to change settings (otherwise I end up at Yahoo...WTF??) and it's not working. What have you changed? Why have you changed it? Most importantly, how do I get my settings back???

Used to be able to go to "search" in upper right and get back to Google home page. Have tried twice to change settings (otherwise I end up at Yahoo...WTF??) and it's not working. What have you changed? Why have you changed it? Most importantly, how do I get my settings back???

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the-edmeister
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See this support article to learn about the new Search Bar in Firefox 34. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-bar-add-change-manage-search-engines-firefox

If you prefer the old Search Bar scheme, you can revert to that. Open up about:config (typed in the Location Bar) Right-click and toggle this preference to false

browser.search.showOneOffButtons

Then restart Firefox.

patsaking
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Went to "Change search settings". Google is set as my default, yet still doesn't appear in the "Search box" when I try to move from gmail back to Google home page.

Also tried opening up "about:config" (BTW: my Mac doesn't "right-click); typed in preferences; double-clicked "false" which changed it to "true"; and rebooted my computer. Re-opened Firefox, when to gmail, and STILL couldn't get to Google home page directly. Only way is to edit "https://" bar info. To do this on a regular basis is nuts.

What am I missing?