1224261 - [ur] Search engine setup for Firefox Mobile for Urdu.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Mozilla Localizations :: ur / Urdu, defect)

Description

[Jeff Beatty [:gueroJeff]]

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

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. Yaseen, 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. Yaseen, 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 Urdu 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. Yaseen, 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 Urdu team and flod will be driving this bug to completion.

Comment 1

[Jeff Beatty [:gueroJeff]]

Hi Yaseen,

Can you comment here please?

Thanks,
Jeff

Comment 2

[Mohammed Yaseen Khan [:foxt7ot]]

Thanks Jeff for including me.
I had discussed this with Pakistan(ur) team and they told me that they don't use any specific search engine for ur locale and mostly prefer to search in english 

So my suggestion would be to go with 

>Google, Yahoo(both mobile version), Bing, Duck Duck Go, Amazon, Wikipedia, Twitter

Comment 3

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

(In reply to Mohammed Yaseen Khan [:foxt7ot] from comment #2)
> >Google, Yahoo(both mobile version), Bing, Duck Duck Go, Amazon, Wikipedia, Twitter

Which Amazon? amazon.in would work?
For Wikipedia it would ur.wikipedia.org, correct?

Comment 4

[Mohammed Yaseen Khan [:foxt7ot]]

Ah! sorry for not being brief.
Yes Amazon.in and for Wikipedia ur.wikipedia.org

 I have one question would it be good if we use https://www.google.com/?hl=ur instead of google.com?

Comment 5

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

(In reply to Mohammed Yaseen Khan [:foxt7ot] from comment #4)
>  I have one question would it be good if we use
> https://www.google.com/?hl=ur instead of google.com?

For Google we use only one searchplugin for all locales, the language will be determined by the browser so you'll still see it in Urdu.

Comment 6

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

Attachment: bug1224261v2.patch

Used amazon-in and yahoo-in already shipping in hi-IN, plus Urdu version of Wikipedia.

Comment 7

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

Thanks, landed
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/l10n/mozilla-aurora/ur/rev/33bf1e6a5528