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== Meeting Takeaways == | == Meeting Takeaways == | ||
* Search Engines | |||
** Multiple search engines - not that useful | |||
** Implement default search engine selection and one-time search engine use | |||
** Need a better way to notify users of the ability to add a search engine | |||
* Address Bar | |||
* Search Bar | |||
** Suggestions are being cut off | |||
** Word "Suggestion" is being cut off (fixed) | |||
* Search Results | |||
** We like Inquisitor - use 3 search results because that's all people look at. But, use green URLs, blue Titles, just like Google search results. Does it breach our Google contract though since users can bypass Google search results pages (and ads)? | |||
* Search this Page | |||
** Search this site should be an extension of Search this Page | |||
* Future of Search | |||
** Integrate QuickSilver-type functionality into the browser; that is, have hotkeys to do searches on the browser on a layer above the webpage, w/o needing a search bar | |||
Revision as of 00:23, 4 July 2007
« Comparative Feature Analyses
« Search Notes
General Browser Capabilities
Purpose
Examine a bunch of browsers, existing Firefox Add-ons, and web services to generate a report that describes:
- Which capabilities each has
- A summary of where each is different/unique
- Some conclusions about which aspects seem most innovative and interesting that we might want to consider for Firefox
Browsers to investigate
- Firefox 2
- Camino
- Flock
- iCab
- IE 7
- Maxthon
- Netscape
- OmniWeb
- Opera
- Safari
- SeaMonkey
- Shiira
Add-ons to investigate
Firefox
- CustomizeGoogle link
- Answers link
- GooglePreview link
- LinkedIn Companion link
- SearchWith link
- DictionarySearch link
- Groowe Search Toolbar link
- Loki link
- OpenSearchFox link
Safari
- Sogudi - shortcut keyword searches
- Saft link
- Insquisitor link - rich search results, autocomplete, search suggestions
Meeting Takeaways
- Search Engines
- Multiple search engines - not that useful
- Implement default search engine selection and one-time search engine use
- Need a better way to notify users of the ability to add a search engine
- Address Bar
- Search Bar
- Suggestions are being cut off
- Word "Suggestion" is being cut off (fixed)
- Search Results
- We like Inquisitor - use 3 search results because that's all people look at. But, use green URLs, blue Titles, just like Google search results. Does it breach our Google contract though since users can bypass Google search results pages (and ads)?
- Search this Page
- Search this site should be an extension of Search this Page
- Future of Search
- Integrate QuickSilver-type functionality into the browser; that is, have hotkeys to do searches on the browser on a layer above the webpage, w/o needing a search bar