i dont know about restore session button , i just use kill process in procexp if i want to save the session (all pages and tabs ) using FF crash recovery . the search bit is a bit easier , just click the pic next to search box and select the one you want , it will be the default til you change it again :-)

Thank you wbddaniela for your reply. I am familiar with changing the search engine next to the address bar (called "location bar" in Firefox? Why be different on that? Anyway...) However, I am referring to the Mozilla Firefox Start Page <about:home> that includes a text bar under the Firefox logo with a <Search> button at the right end of the text bar. Underneath that is an advertising/announcement area and then a wide area underneath that that is a large <Restore Previous Session> button.

The Firefox Start Page on mine used to be a Google search <http://www.google.com/firefox> Am I missing something? Has the "standard" start page always been Yahoo! but I had customized mine to Google? I really like having both the large Restore Previous Session button (it's a great reminder when needed) and the convenience of the large Search Bar (it's *right there* and not 'off to the side,') but Yahoo!? UGH!

Is there a customization that will include the Restore with the Google search? In this day and age of customization, must I be forced to choose which to "live without?"