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My elderly parents are unable to make the switch from Yahoo to Google. I’ve walked them through it multiple times. It’s just not possible for them. They don’t have the knowledge and skills.

They are smart. Advanced degrees in STEM. Multiple languages. Doesn’t matter.

I can’t imagine the transition from Google to DuckDuckGo/Firefox/ProtonMail being easier.

Am I wrong about that?

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What step were they unable to complete in the process of changing their browser's default search from Google to Yahoo? (With your walking them through it, I mean?)

They need to be able to get to Yahoo Mail from their home page and the search engine result page.

This is a hard requirement.

No stake in this, just a suggestion and also a little curious. Could a shortcut pinned to the tab or nav bar work? I keep my email in a pinned Safari tab.

I second whynaut's suggestion.

That's precisely what I did for the elders.

I set up pinned bookmark shortcuts on the 'tab bar' (had to enable the 'show bookmarks bar' option).

Now they have a button for 'mail', one for 'search', one for 'maps', and one for 'facebook' etc. Those buttons are always visible, no matter how far they venture into the internet. Solved the problem for them (or rather, for me, lol)

I imagine you can inject the necessary buttons via userscripts, if this is truly a “hard requirement.” The bookmark bar is, of course, the standard solution to this.

> My elderly parents are unable to make the switch from Yahoo to Google. I’ve walked them through it multiple times. It’s just not possible for them. They don’t have the knowledge and skills.

How old are your parents?

Is it search you're referring to or the email platforms of each?

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