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Localized Search in Firefox Search Box

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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

Project Details

Release v.01

This release demonstrates my understanding of how some searchbar features currently work in the Firefox browser by outputting a series of dump("DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGE: Function Name - What the functioning is doing") statements to the terminal window while running a debug build of Firefox. Specifically, what functions/methods are called and what happens to the searchbar menu when the following events occur:

  • The user selects the button to display the search engine list.
  • The browser auto-detects a site that has a search plugin available.
  • The user selects the option to "Add this search engine".


Release Target for v.02

  • To be announced after further discussions with instructor.


Release Target for v.03

  • To be announced after further discussions with instructor.


Resources:

Bugzilla@Mozilla

Mozilla Cross-Reference

MDC- Mozilla Developer Center

Search Service: Code Design - Automatic Detection

SearchLoad Options :: Firefox Add-ons

Project-Related Bugs

Project News

For up-to-date information about my project, visit my blog: Kerry's Open Source Blog

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