Reviews for Qwant - Search engine & tracker blocker
Qwant - Search engine & tracker blocker by Qwant
Review by Firefox user 15073028
Rated 1 out of 5
by Firefox user 15073028, 7 years agoOn installing Qwant, it made itself my main search engine - without my consent!
I used this search engine for a few minutes, but found that I could only choose 'english for the interface display, and not the actual searches that came back!
Why is that not an option?! ... french, dutch and german were choices, but not english.
After that experience, I uninstalled the Qwant extension, it prompted me to submit a reason why I was uninstalling. I was told that my few lines of explaination was 'too long' (max is 255 characters) ...ok fine, so I gave up, totally ridiculous!
Once uninstalled, I noticed that my startup homepage and tabs had been deleted! ... I had 5 tabs that open on firefox start-up, after uninstalling Qwant they had been deleted.
What a pathetic attempt, get a grip Qwant .. do you even think about your users?
- these are important and annoying inconveniences, and they are not even being addressed.
I used this search engine for a few minutes, but found that I could only choose 'english for the interface display, and not the actual searches that came back!
Why is that not an option?! ... french, dutch and german were choices, but not english.
After that experience, I uninstalled the Qwant extension, it prompted me to submit a reason why I was uninstalling. I was told that my few lines of explaination was 'too long' (max is 255 characters) ...ok fine, so I gave up, totally ridiculous!
Once uninstalled, I noticed that my startup homepage and tabs had been deleted! ... I had 5 tabs that open on firefox start-up, after uninstalling Qwant they had been deleted.
What a pathetic attempt, get a grip Qwant .. do you even think about your users?
- these are important and annoying inconveniences, and they are not even being addressed.
Developer response
posted 6 years agoHello, we're sorry that this addon does not suit you but the search engine feature is advised on the description.
As for the search language, we're sorry that the settings were not obvious too. Qwant does handle over 20 different languages, and of course english is one of them.
The fact that you cannot revert your homepage is truly an issue and we've already asked Mozilla if the override of the homepage could be consensual, but as of today, if an extension wants to set the user's homepage, there is no other way than what we did, this is why we do provide another addon.
As for the search language, we're sorry that the settings were not obvious too. Qwant does handle over 20 different languages, and of course english is one of them.
The fact that you cannot revert your homepage is truly an issue and we've already asked Mozilla if the override of the homepage could be consensual, but as of today, if an extension wants to set the user's homepage, there is no other way than what we did, this is why we do provide another addon.
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