1218368 - Search engines like Aol.com and Wow.com can't be added on the list of search engines from the Search Toolbar.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Search, defect, P1)

Description

[ovidiu boca[:Ovidiu]]

Attachment: expected result.jpg

I used Win 10 64 bit with latest Firefox Nightly (22.10.2015)


Search engines like Aol.com and Wow.com can't be added on the list of search engines from the Search Toolbar.

Steps to reproduce:

1 Open Firefox
2 Go to Aol.com or Wow.com 

Expected results:

 The Search toolbar need to have a green circle with the "+" sign from were you can add the search engine.

Actual results: 

  The Search toolbar doesn't have a green circle with the "+" sign from were you can add the search engine.

Comment 1

[ovidiu boca[:Ovidiu]]

Attachment: aol.jpg

Comment 2

[ovidiu boca[:Ovidiu]]

Hi,

I made some regression tests and I noticed that this issue could be reproduced since this feature was implemented, version 36 Firefox.

Comment 3

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

Neither wow.com or aol.com have opensearch specified on their website, so there is no engine for us to install.

You can see this by viewing the source of the page and looking for a line similar to this:

<link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search/xml" title="Mozilla Developer Network">

I checked with Firefox 31, and it did not offer search engines on these pages either.

So this is not a regression, it's simply a problem with their websites.