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Vassilis
Asked: 2012-10-23 12:05:37 +0800 CST

Can the shopping lens be changed to display results from Amazon.co.uk?

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How can I configure the dash's shopping lens to fetch its search results from www.amazon.co.uk instead of www.amazon.com?

Is there any program for controlling the lenses or another settings under Unity for customizing them?

shopping-lens

3 Answers

  1. sudo nano /usr/share/applications/ubuntu-amazon-default.desktop

    change to read

    [Desktop Entry]
Name=Amazon
Type=Application
Icon=amazon-store
#Exec=unity-webapps-runner --amazon
Exec=unity-webapps-runner -d amazon.co.uk

    is a basic workaround for the moment.

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  2. It seems there's no such option via the GUI at the moment (see Tim Booth's suggested solution for a workaround using the terminal), tho the dash and its lenses is a work in progress, and a settings panel is to be integrated in the next releases.

    From Mark Shuttleworth's original blog post on the shopping lens (which is shaped in the form of a Q&A page):

    I want to control this in the settings!

    [...] designs and work are under way to make that possible. That should land in 12.10 too, or as an update, or in 13.04.

    You can get a peek preview of things to come with this mock design, as suggested (and mocked) by Sam Hewitt:

    enter image description here

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  3. The suggestion from Tim Booth help me to try with the commands, based in his solution I tried with the follow Line:

        Exec=unity-webapps-runner -h smile.amazon.de -i NULL

    I am connecting with the site in Germany, -h is for homepage and -i for the App ID. At the moment works fine.

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