[tor-bugs] #20809 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Use non-/html search engine URL for DuckDuckGo search plugins

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#20809: Use non-/html search engine URL for DuckDuckGo search plugins
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     Reporter:  gk                   |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  enhancement          |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium               |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor     |    Version:
  Browser                            |   Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201611,
     Severity:  Normal               |  tbb-usability
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 The DuckDuckGo folks asked us to use https://duckduckgo.com instead of the
 /html variant as the former provides a better search experience. They
 implemented a redirect to the /html version for users that have JS
 disabled. Thus, we should be good to go. We should switch the .onion URL
 as well.

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