If you use Dash, the
internal search tool in Ubuntu 12.10, to find and display a file,
folder, or application, Dash also displays
Amazon shopping results
(as "More suggestions"). For example, as shown in Figure 1
below, if you search for Python in Dash, it displays not only the
IDLE (using Python-3.3) application, but also Amazon shopping
results. This document can help you easily disable Amazon shopping results,
allowing your search to display only what it finds internally, as
shown in Figure 2 below.
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Figure 1 - Amazon shopping results enabled |
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Figure 2 - Amazon shopping results disabled |
Author's Note:
Amazon shopping results in Dash annoy me. If I am searching for
something on my computer, I want only that item; I care not whether
Amazon (or any other merchant) can sell me related items. I need not
be distracted by eye clutter. If I wish to buy something online, I
will search for it through a browser.
You can very easily disable Amazon
shopping results, as follows:
- As shown in Figure 3
below, in the launcher, click System Settings to display its window.
- As shown in Figure 4
below, click Privacy to display its window.
- As shown in Figure 5
below, find the switch at the right of When searching in the Dash:
Include online search results, and then click the switch to toggle it
to OFF.
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Figure 3 - Selecting system settings |
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Figure 4 - Selecting privacy |
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Figure 5 - Disabling Amazon shopping results |
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