I definitely would like to see this implemented in Chrome, where do we go to make formal feature requests?
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Josh <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
