CFA/Search-Notes

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« Comparative Feature Analyses

Purpose

Examine a bunch of browsers, existing Firefox Add-ons, and web services to generate a report that describes:

  • Which capabilities each has (look at preferences panel for details about how search is customizable)
  • 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

Research

General capabilities

The following will be done in a table with notes and observations following as footnotes.

  • Support search engine shortcut keys (Ryan Flint) - FF3 P2
  • Resizable search bar (Neil Deakin) - FF3 P2
  • Rich search results (Gavin Sharp) - FF3 P3
  • Ability to declare a default search engine - FF3 P3?
  • Ability to use a temporary search engine and then restore the default (one time use) - FF3 P3?
  • ability to manage, add, restore default, and reorder search plugins - FF2
  • ability to add search plugins - FF2
  • highlight notification of ability to add search plugin - FF2
  • support for multiple search boxes - FF2?
  • combine bookmark keywords and bookmark search - FF2?
  • offer suggestions to autocomplete searches - FF2
  • ability to browse by name from address bar (keyword.URL)
  • information on mouseover of buttons
  • site-specific search using search box
  • multi-engine search
  • google calculator suggestions in search box - FF
  • keywords (search from location bar)
  • highlight, right-click, and search
  • drag and drop search
  • search on webpage
  • Search this Page - highlight search text on webpage
  • Search this Page - match case of search text on webpage
  • Search this Page - search for text when i start typing
  • Search Engines - automatically check for updates to search engines
  • Search Results - show recent searches/search history
  • Search Bar - highlight entire search field when clicking in the box
  • Search Results - search results in new tab vs. this tab
  • writing direction in search and location bar - safari
  • Search this Page - dim background on search w/in webpage - safari
  • Search Bar - SnapBack - safari
  • Search Results - preview search results - safari
  • Search Bar - button to clear search field - safari
  • Search this Page - match whole word only on search w/in page - opera
  • Address Bar - web searches in address field w/ keywords - opera
  • Search Bar - search this site - camino
  • Search Results - show matching favorites when searching - flock
  • Search this Page - option to search in current window, local files, internet, web cache - iCab
  • Search this Page - option to search 2 search engines at once - iCab
  • Search this Page - search and replace - omniweb
  • Search this Page - search for regular expressions - omniweb
  • Search this Page - find in all tabs - shiira
  • Address Bar - customize address bar search - maxthon
  • Address Bar - URL alias - maxthon
  • user profile to save search and other settings
  • Search Bar - wrap up feature for search engines, to search all at once
  • Search Bar - targeted search options: audio/video podcast, photo, code, technorati searches
  • Search Engines - local search engines on default
  • Address Bar - autocomplete keywords

categories: UI Search Engines address bar search bar search results search this page

http://www.flock.com/node/8489#_comment

  • Pause/Resume - Same session
  • Pause/Resume - Across sessions
  • Pause/Resume - Auto-pause downloads on network failure
  • Pause/Resume - Auto-resume downloads on network reconnect
  • Download History - View
  • Download History - Sort (alpha, date, type, size, etc)
  • Download History - Edit (clear one, selected, all)
  • Download History - Autoexpire items
  • Protocols - FTP
  • Protocols - Torrent
  • Protocols - Other
  • Download Queues - Create/manage new queues
  • Download Queues - Create/manage multiple queues
  • Download Queues - Start/pause/resume/stop/cancel downloading
  • Download Queues - Schedule downloading
  • Download Queues - Save/restore queues
  • Download Speed - Throttling
  • Download Speed - Acceleration
  • Download linked file
  • Download selected linked files
  • Download all linked files
  • Download Manager - View
  • Download Manager - Auto-close/Hide
  • Download Manager - View/go to file
  • Download Manager - Open file
  • Download Manager - Move/Manipulate files
  • Download Manager - Mark file as a favourite
  • Download Manager - Tag/group/categorize/organize files
  • Download Manager - Search
  • Download Manager - Advanced search
  • Download Manager - Default download directory
  • Download Manager - Customizable download directory
  • Download Manager - Multiple customizable download directories
  • Download Manager - Smart download directories
  • Accessibility Features (y/n?)
  • Anti-virus integration
  • Download Prefs (list per browser, not in table)
  • Download Manager screenshots (one per browser, not in table)

Browsers to investigate

  • Firefox 2 - done
  • Camino - done
  • Flock - done
  • iCab - done
  • IE 7 - meh
  • Maxthon 2
  • Netscape - meh
  • OmniWeb - k
  • Opera - done
  • Safari - done
  • SeaMonkey - meh
  • Shiira - ok

Firefox Add-ons to investigate

Safari: http://pimpmysafari.com/plugins/?c=Searching

  • Sogudi - shortcut keyword searches
  • Saft link
  • Insquisitor link - rich search results, autocomplete, search suggestions


Web services/apps to investigate

Desktop apps to investigate

Results

Summary of unique and/or innovative features

Conclusions

References

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