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I removed Google from my FF quick search bar for some odd reason and then wanted to reload it later. Obviously no one at Mozilla ever removed Google from the quick search bar, because you will not get it back the way it was before.

The build in search manager in Firefox now redirects to addons.mozilla.com and you won’t find google there !

So back to mycroft.mozdev.org, the original search engine database from Firefox.

However this google search plugin has the new google favicon built in :

original		older-ladies’-soap logo

Much people like the original one more apparently.

See this bringbacktheoldgooglefavicon.com
or googlesystem.blogspot.com .

I took the original Icon from http://code.google.com/favicon.ico ,
obviously the “coders” at google like the old one better =) , cause it’s still there !
edit: doh, they found & changed it but i have a backup ^_^

Now, find my new Google search plugin below:
mycroft.mozdev.org
On that site click the named link to install.
This has the US website as target , without redirect ( you might change this in the XML file, or just add another search plugin by yourself) and a pretty decent logo !
edit : My searchplugin got deleted on mycroft.mozdev.org and you shouldn’t need to use it in the first place, instead I’ll explain the steps necessary to change the favicon in the search plugin from mycroft.mozdev.org.

Our goal is to get rid of the search bar look without deleteing ~/.mozilla or creating a new profile :

not good		better

1. Install the first hit for google from mycroft.mozdev.org
   
   

   mycroft.mozdev.org google

   
   It will be stored in :

   (linux) ~/.mozilla/firefox/<random-id>.default/searchplugins/google-us.xml

   “.default” if you were running FF in the default profile while installing the plugin.

2. edit this file and remove everything between the <Image> tags :

   vi .mozilla/firefox/<random-id>.default/searchplugins/google-us.xml

   

   remove-image-data

3. Open http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/cgi/data/data and enter the values like in the screenshot & press generate :
   
   

   software.hixie.ch

   
   Feel free to use any .ico file there is.

4. Take the long string in your URL bar and paste into the search plugin file where you deleted the old image data :

   data:image/x-icon;base64,AAABAAEA ..... 

5. Save & restart FF

Pretty simple and it works.
edit:This is the complete way, longer then just installing a clean search plugin but it explains some stuff i guess

Cheers