Localized Search in Firefox Search Box

Project Name

Localized Search in Firefox Search Box

Project Description

Firefox features a search box that can be customized to work with different search engines (e.g., Google, Yahoo!, Wikipedia, etc.). Most websites have their own search facilities, but the location of the search box on the page varies considerably. This project creates a mechanism for Firefox to pick up a web site's search mechanism and make it accessible to the user through the Firefox search box so that users have a consistent place to look for site-specific search.

Project Leader

Kerry M. Singh

Project Details

Release Target for v.01

• Research how the search extension currently works in the Firefox browser.
• Use a mechanism similar to RSS Autodiscovery, which utilizes the <link> tag from HTML and XHTML to identify a site's syndication feed, and determine whether or not a web site presently employs search functionality.
• Output a diagnostic message to standard out (the terminal window) indicating the presence or absence of search functionality.

Release Target for v.02

• Load the new localized search extension into the Firefox browser.

Resources:

Bugzilla@Mozilla

Mozilla Cross-Reference

MDC- Mozilla Developer Center

Search Service: Code Design - Automatic Detection

Project-Related Bugs

Bug 236587 - Allow bookmark keyword searches from the search bar

Bug 249481 – User-defined searches available not only as bookmark keywords, but also from the Search box

Bug 374268 – Quicksearch/keyword should be integrated into search engine manager

Bug 261124 – Textbox context menu should have "Add to Search Bar..."

Bug 335448 – Autodetect repeated use of a search field, and ask the user if they want that engine added to the browser search box

Bug 360907 – Search current site with OpenSearch