How do i add my own search engines to firefox 4.0

In FF3.6 I cold right-click and add to the list of Search Engines.

Sorry, but that ''Chosen Solution'' was for user with a PPC Mac & 10.4.11, the owner of this thread has an Intel Mac.
Deb, you're going have to upgrade you operating system to at least Mac OSX 10.5 to be able to run a Firefox 4.0+ version.

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So...: Is there an easier way of doing this?
nrabett

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