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== Aliases == | == Aliases == | ||
On Windows, the term "alias" is rarely if ever used, so I'd suggest calling them "shortcuts" on that platform, since that's Windows' analogy to the Mac's alias. Plus, on the Windows file properties dialog, there's a similar feature that lets you launch a file using a user-defined key combo – Windows calls that a "Shortcut key." – [[User:Minh Nguyen|Minh | On Windows, the term "alias" is rarely if ever used, so I'd suggest calling them "shortcuts" on that platform, since that's Windows' analogy to the Mac's alias. Plus, on the Windows file properties dialog, there's a similar feature that lets you launch a file using a user-defined key combo – Windows calls that a "Shortcut key." – [[User:Minh Nguyen|Minh Nguy�n]] <small class="plainlinks">([[User talk:Minh Nguyen|talk]], [[Special:Contributions/Minh Nguyen|contribs]], [http://mxn.f2o.org/index.html blog])</small> 13:41, 4 Dec 2005 (PST) | ||
: I agree, I prefer "shortcuts" over "aliases" - "aliases" just doesn't seem very intuitive . Why not "keyword"? To keep it distinct from bookmarks keywords? - [[User:GavinSharp|Gavin]], 2006-01-03 10:50 PST | |||
== Context menu searches == | == Context menu searches == | ||
I'd like to have Google, a dictionary, and Wikipedia all in the context menu. How about adding a "show in context menu" checkbox column in the window for editing search engines and aliases, or a "Show [selected engine] in context menu" checkbox below the tree? --[[User:Jesse|Jesse]] | I'd like to have Google, a dictionary, and Wikipedia all in the context menu. How about adding a "show in context menu" checkbox column in the window for editing search engines and aliases, or a "Show [selected engine] in context menu" checkbox below the tree? --[[User:Jesse|Jesse]] | ||
:How about integrating [http://www.cusser.net/extensions/contextsearch/ Context Search] by default? --[[User:Greg K Nicholson|Greg K Nicholson]] | |||
== Interaction with bookmark keywords == | == Interaction with bookmark keywords == | ||
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Will I be able to type aliases/nicknames/shortcuts for search engines into the address bar, the search bar, or both? --[[User:Jesse|Jesse]] 18:05, 21 Dec 2005 (PST) | Will I be able to type aliases/nicknames/shortcuts for search engines into the address bar, the search bar, or both? --[[User:Jesse|Jesse]] 18:05, 21 Dec 2005 (PST) | ||
: How would typing keywords into the searchbar work? I'm interested in improving the search bar UI, especially the discoverability of the other engines, but I don't see how adding keywords to the searchbar would be useful, since you can already switch between engines in the search bar fairly easily (Ctrl+Up/Down). --[[User:GavinSharp|Gavin]] 11:12, 3 Jan 2006 (PST) | |||
== UI Feature Request == | == UI Feature Request == | ||
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George | George | ||
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''A couple of interesting solutions in existing extensions:''<br> | |||
* [http://optimoz.mozdev.org/tweaks/ Optimoz Tweaks] (features a sliiiide-out Auto-Expand Search bar modification)<br> | |||
* [http://xeen.reversestudios.com/?page=autosizer Searchbar Autosizer] (expands as you type (character-by-character), as needed)<br> | |||
''Optimoz's implementation is kinda cool, but nonetheless, I ended up uninstalling it because I found I rarely had a need for auto-expand. But I wouldn't complain if it came standard..'' -- [[User:RenegadeX|RenegadeX]] | |||
== Seach Engine Ordering Extension == | == Seach Engine Ordering Extension == | ||
Well, you could integrate some of the features of the already existing extension [http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=4319&hl= Search Engine Ordering]. | Well, you could integrate some of the features of the already existing extension [http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=4319&hl= Search Engine Ordering]. -- [[User:Desertfox|DesertFox]] | ||
== String manipulation of search requests == | |||
I'd very much like to see some basic string operations possible on search engine entries. For example, some map services offer the ability to plot a route from Place A to Place B. | |||
The URL for such a site looks something like: | |||
www.sitename.com/search?journeystart=<some place>&journyend=<another place> | |||
So in the firefox search bar, I'd like to be able to enter "London to Liverpool", then get text to the left of " to " ("London"), and to the right ("Liverpool") then pass those two locations as parameters to the search URL: | |||
www.sitename.com/search?journeystart=London&journyend=Liverpool | |||
[[User:Steve England|Steve England]] 04:58, 10 Feb 2006 (PST) | |||
== Remove Search Engines == | |||
I would like be able to remove the search engines from the search engine bar. | |||
=== User Comments === | |||
Forgive me if this is not the appropriate location, but I am desperate to suggest an improvement to the Search Service. | |||
The binding of the right click "search for highlighted text" to the search engine selection in the search box needs to be optional, but with the option to select the right click search engine (these options could be managed via the "Manage search engines..." drop down menu item, another drop down menu with "Use search box engine" and all the search engines as entries). My use case is that I left the search box on Wikipedia and used the Google default everywhere else in all previous versions of Firefox. | |||
Now when I use Wikipedia in the search box, I have to remember, or interrupt my | |||
right-click search, to reset the search to Google. This is driving me to distraction. | |||
--[[User:HamishMacEwan|HamishMacEwan]] 13:01, 13 November 2006 (PST) | |||