Do you have a working page you can point me at so that I can definitively tell you why your script isn't working?
Here's some reasons why it might fail: . You already have a search engine for http://url.com/. . The name assigned to the keyword is already in use and the user has modified the existing keyword with the same name. . Your url uses POST. -Scott On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:45 AM, stylo~ <scootrs....@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Apr 30, 10:16 pm, Mohamed Mansour <m0.interact...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Chromium doesn't support "window.external.AddSearchProvider" , it supports >> the OpenSearch specification. > > Except that IS the OpenSearch specification: > > "Aside from using autodiscovery links, both IE7 and Firefox 2 can > be pointed to your OpenSearch Description document using a javascript > call: window.external.AddSearchProvider("http://mysite.org/odd.xml";); > " > > See http://www.opensearch.org/Documentation/Developer_best_practices_guide > > It is also the same function being called on http://mycroft.mozdev.org > where Chrome is working and popping up a window to add an engine: > > function addOpenSearch(name,ext,cat,pid,meth) > { > if ((typeof window.external == "object") && ((typeof > window.external.AddSearchProvider == "unknown") || (typeof > window.external.AddSearchProvider == "function"))) { > // See bugs 430058/430067/430070 for Camino > if (((typeof window.external.AddSearchProvider == "unknown") || > (window.navigator.vendor == 'Camino'))&& meth == "p") { > alert("This plugin uses POST which is not currently supported by > your browser's implementation of OpenSearch."); > } else { > window.external.AddSearchProvider( > "http://mycroft.mozdev.org/installos.php/"; + pid + "/" + name > + ".xml"); > } > } else { > alert("You will need a browser which supports OpenSearch to > install this plugin."); > } > } > > (I tested locally on Chrome and it gets to the line with > window.external.AddSearchProvider.) > > So what javascript works with Chrome??? > > Or what is wrong with my xml file on Chrome??? > > Can someone explicitly spell it out? This isn't Apple; it's not a big > secret is it? ;-) > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
