I'll try to stick to the template recently suggested on this discussion board. For reference, a similar feature exists in Firefox.
FEATURE: I would like to see it become *easier* to create "keyworded searches". I am using the term "keyworded search" to mean any keyword that is created such that one may type: <the keyword> <a search term> into the browser bar causing a search of some website using the sites already implemented in search/indexing. For example, I might type: cmu machine learning to initiate a search of Carnegie Mellon's site for machine learning, assuming I set up the keyword appropriately. It *is* currently possible to do this in chromium, and so I am not requesting this feature, but rather an *easier* interface for creating such keywords. To set up the Carnegie Mellon search exampled above, one would have to use chromium's "edit engines" window and create the keyword "cmu" with the URL: http://web-search.andrew.cmu.edu/search?entqr=3&entsp=a&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&client=default_frontend&ud=1&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&q=%s with the carefully placed "%s" at the end to for the search term. Figuring this URL out might require a bit of tinkering and effort beyond that of most users. However, this is not how I went about creating it. Rather, in firefox, I simply right-clicked the search box on CMU's frontpage and chose the option "create keyworded search". Firefox takes care of inspecting the element and the form of which it is an element. It requires little work on the part of the user. I would like to see a similar feature for chromium. USES: This feature makes accessing non-built in "searches" from the browser bar much easier. Examples include searching school/institution pages and other third party and perhaps restricted access sites that have implemented there own/modified search interface. CMU's is actually a dressed up google site search, but in the case of other sites that have a restricted access, it may be favorable or more comfortable to use the "built in" search. IMPLEMENTATION: The URL required to make the appropriate post to the respective server can be deduced by inspecting the element and the form in which it resides. If I was not a full time student, I would implement this myself, but I simply don't have the time. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
