mack - 4:50 pm on Dec 10, 2009 (gmt 0)

The reason FireFox has tied itself in with Google is because Google makes them money. The revenue FireFox earned from Google last year was quite substantial.

Where else can the FireFox developers look, when you consider that Google wasn't in the browser market when these agreements where struck.

Bing? No chance, is IE or nothing as far as Microsoft are concerned.

Yahoo? Possible, but unlikely due to the pact between yhoo and msft. If yahoo where interested, it would almost certainly lead to a drop in revenues for FireFox.

If you where Google would you keep the agreement with FF?

I would because it suits them just as much as FireFox. Granted they will be making more revenue per user with Chrome, but more market share with FireFox.

Regarding extensions and privacy. Be sure you know what you're installing, and this doesn't just apply to Chrome.

Mack.