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There were a few unanswered questions from our session: | There were a few unanswered questions from our session: | ||
* '''Keyword Shortcuts''': the concept of enabling users to enter a keyword shortcut for different Search Engines was proposed in m.d.a, but not discussed in our conversation. We could extend our proposed design to allow users to enter "/x" in the Location or Search Bars to search using that engine. For example: | |||
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in either Bar would do a Wikipedia search based on the mockups above. | in either Bar would do a Wikipedia search based on the mockups above. | ||
* '''Site Search''': the concept of using the Search Bar to do a search on the current site (using the site's own search) or a find on the current page was also raised in m.d.a. Sites already have the ability to integrate their site search by writing an OpenSearch plugin, but Find on the page could be added as an 'engine': | |||
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which could then bring up the Find bar at the bottom of the window, pre-populate the Search Term, and find the first instance. | which could then bring up the Find bar at the bottom of the window, pre-populate the Search Term, and find the first instance. | ||
* '''Setting/Changing default engine''': If we believe that the common case is a single, long-term, default search with a lot of "one-off" searches, then we could consider removing the search engine default switching menu in favor of a "manage search engines" at the bottom of the search popup, or other alternative methods. | |||
* '''Multiple suggests''': Should we expose suggests for more than one engine if available? I think we said no, but bringing it up just in case. | |||
* '''Search Options''': Myk has suggested that we rename the History/Suggestions box to Search Options, which is more inclusive of the new content. I (Jay) think that makes a lot of sense. Thoughts? | |||