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 defects.
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. >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
