1123702 - [hsb] Search engine setup for Firefox Mobile for Upper Sorbian.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Mozilla Localizations :: hsb / Upper Sorbian, defect)

Description

[Jeff Beatty [:gueroJeff]]

We want to ship Firefox Mobile with a good list of search engines for Upper Sorbian. 

We're going to work towards this in three phases. First, the localization team and the l10n drivers will look at the market for the language and come up with a good set of search providers. Michael, we'll need your input on this, the guidelines for making recommendations are on <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Productization_guide>. 

For en-US, we currently use this set, to which we can fall back in the case of lacking localized alternatives:

> Google (mobile version), Yahoo, Bing, Amazon, Twitter, Wikipedia (slightly different to desktop, 32x32 icon)

We may also want to go with just a subset of the en-US engines, if that's more appropriate for the local market.

Once we decide to use a particular search engine (and we test it on a mobile device), l10n drivers will contact the owner and ask for permission, and for specifics like proper search flags. Michael, we'll likely need your help to at least get the contact information.

For search engines that we already ship with on desktop and that you would like to include in mobile as well, the permission is not needed.  Consider using a mobile version of the engine if one is available.  Also, please make yourself familiar with instructions regarding the <Description/> element at <https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Integrated_Search_Instructions>. For mobile, we'll want 64x64 size images, too.

Once we have a specification on what the search engines for Upper Sorbian should look like, flod (Francesco Lodolo) and the localization team will work on an implementation on that. flod will create and attach patches for the desired changes and get them reviewed. After a successful review, flod will land them. Michael, if you're interested, you could create the patches, too. You'd ask flod for review on those before landing. 

Please don't commit any modifications in browser/searchplugins to the hg repository without a patch reviewed by flod, Stas, Axel or someone else appointed by the l10n drivers. The data here is sensitive to users and our search partners, thus the extra care here.

The Upper Sorbian team and flod will be driving this bug to completion.

Comment 1

[Michael Wolf]

I think we should do similarly as for desktop: German search engines with one exception: Wikipedia which is possible for Upper Sorbian. I don't know search engines that are in Sorbian language. I think I won't do any patches or similar, I prefer to rely me on you. :-)

Comment 2

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

Commenting here, but it's relevant also for dsb.

amazon-de
bing
google
twitter
wikipedia-hsb
yahoo-de

Feed Handler: on desktop you have NetVibes, which German doesn't have.

Does this sound good?

Comment 3

[Michael Wolf]

Hm, that's new to me: I see Google, Bing, Yahoo, Amazon.de, DuckDuckGo, eBay, LEO Eng-Deu and Wikipedia (hsb) resp. Wikipedia (dsb) in the search bar. No, I think we do without NetVibes unless you recommend it.

Comment 4

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

DuckDuckGo: we'd like to add it to all locales, but for now it's being tested only for some of them. 
That's why I didn't include it in the list.

If you see the dictionary, you're looking at desktop, not mobile
http://transvision.mozfr.org/productization/?locale=de&product=mobile

Comment 5

[Michael Wolf]

Yes, of course, I looked at desktop because you wrote that Netvibes is on desktop but it isn't in the final release (35.0).

Comment 6

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

OK. So the list in comment 2 should be good to go?

Comment 7

[Michael Wolf]

Yes, it is OK.

Comment 8

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

Attachment: bug1123702v1.patch

Default en-US settings for region.properties

Same searchplugins as German, changed Wikipedia de->hsb, added license header to Amazon.

Comment 9

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/l10n/mozilla-aurora/hsb/rev/fd79896eb078