Rahul,
Most people most feature requests here. We encourage people to also file it
in the issue system --> crbug.com
Note there is not yet a template for features, so just use the one for
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On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Rahul Pawa <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>

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