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* writing direction in search and location bar - safari | * writing direction in search and location bar - safari | ||
* user profile to save search and other settings | * user profile to save search and other settings | ||
== Browsers to investigate == | == Browsers to investigate == | ||
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* Shiira | * Shiira | ||
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* CustomizeGoogle [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/743 link] | * CustomizeGoogle [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/743 link] | ||
* Answers [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/735 link] | * Answers [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/735 link] | ||
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* OpenSearchFox [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3698 link] | * OpenSearchFox [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3698 link] | ||
Safari | === Safari === | ||
* Sogudi - shortcut keyword searches | * Sogudi - shortcut keyword searches | ||
* Saft [http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/ link] | * Saft [http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/ link] | ||
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= References = | = References = | ||
* [http:// | * [http://www.flock.com/node/8489 Flock feedback] | ||
* [http://pimpmysafari.com/plugins/?c=Searching Safari search plugins] | |||
Revision as of 02:34, 21 June 2007
« 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
- 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.
- UI - Support search engine shortcut keys (Ryan Flint) - FF3 P2
- UI - Resizable search bar (Neil Deakin) - FF3 P2
- UI - highlight notification of ability to add search plugin - FF2
- UI - information on mouseover of buttons
- UI - highlight, right-click, and search
- UI - drag and drop search
- Search Engines - Ability to declare a default search engine - FF3 P3?
- Search Engines - Ability to use a temporary search engine and then restore the default (one time use) - FF3 P3?
- Search Engines - ability to manage, add, restore default, and reorder search plugins - FF2
- Search Engines - ability to add search plugins - FF2
- Search Engines - multi-engine search
- Search Engines - automatically check for updates to search engines
- Search Engines - local search engines on default
- Address Bar - combine bookmark keywords and bookmark search - FF2?
- Address Bar - ability to browse by name from address bar (keyword.URL)
- Address Bar - keywords (search from location bar)
- Address Bar - web searches in address field w/ keywords - opera
- Address Bar - customize address bar search - maxthon
- Address Bar - URL alias - maxthon
- Address Bar - autocomplete keywords
- Search Bar - support for multiple search boxes - FF2?
- Search Bar - site-specific search using search box
- Search Bar - highlight entire search field when clicking in the box
- Search Bar - SnapBack - safari
- Search Bar - button to clear search field - safari
- Search Bar - search this site - camino
- 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 Results - Rich search results (Gavin Sharp) - FF3 P3
- Search Results - offer suggestions to autocomplete searches - FF2
- Search Results - google calculator suggestions in search box - FF
- Search Results - show recent searches/search history
- Search Results - search results in new tab vs. this tab
- Search Results - preview search results - safari
- Search Results - show matching favorites when searching - flock
- Search this Page - 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 this Page - dim background on search w/in webpage - safari
- Search this Page - match whole word only on search w/in page - opera
- 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
- writing direction in search and location bar - safari
- user profile to save search and other settings
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