Firefox/Projects/Always have option to Add Search

Overview

Sprint lead: ryan
Sprinters: gavin, faaborg

Description

Instead of showing a notification when OpenSearch plugins are available on a page, always have an option in the SearchBar to add a search plugin. When no OpenSearch is available, create a keyword search or use Google Site Specific search.

Goals / Use Cases

• Always provide the ability to add a search engine for a specific site
• If an engine isn't available, search the content for input[@type="search"] or use a configurable default search engine (i.e. Google; using their site: query)
• Enable quick access to site specific search without the need to permanently add a search engine

Non Goals

• Automatically installing/caching engines discovered on the web (a la chrome)

Design

• New menu item in the engine drop down to allow a specific site search to be added permanently
• Keyboard shortcut to allow temporary use of the engine
  • Remove the engine and switch back to the previously selected one once the search is complete

Bugs

• bug 261124
• tbd