1230218 - Inline autocomplete domains when setting homepage

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Settings and Preferences, defect)

Description

[:Margaret Leibovic]

There was some discussion about this in bug 1227348. Let's continue that discussion here.

Comment 1

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

Moving NI from bug 1227348 comment 31:

(In reply to Barbara Bermes [:barbara] from comment #31)
> (In reply to Michael Comella (:mcomella) from comment #27)
> > (In reply to Barbara Bermes [:barbara] from comment #26)
> > > > > Can we actually search from that edit box?
> > > > 
> > > > You can't search in the sense that it will autocomplete addresses. If you
> > > > type "apple computers", your homepage will be a search for "apple computers"
> > > > via your default search engine. If you type a url, the url will open.
> > > 
> > > It would be neat though, could we ever get this to work? i.e. also pulling
> > > from https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=858829
> > 
> > afaik, it should be possible.
> 
> Thanks Mike.
> 
> Mark, I would consider this a "delightful" addition.

Comment 2

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

(In reply to Michael Comella (:mcomella) from comment #1)
> Moving NI from bug 1227348 comment 31:
> 
> (In reply to Barbara Bermes [:barbara] from comment #31)
> > (In reply to Michael Comella (:mcomella) from comment #27)
> > > (In reply to Barbara Bermes [:barbara] from comment #26)
> > > > > > Can we actually search from that edit box?
> > > > > 
> > > > > You can't search in the sense that it will autocomplete addresses. If you
> > > > > type "apple computers", your homepage will be a search for "apple computers"
> > > > > via your default search engine. If you type a url, the url will open.

That seems like a strange usecase. Would we ever want that, or should we enforce real URLs?

> > > > 
> > > > It would be neat though, could we ever get this to work? i.e. also pulling
> > > > from https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=858829
> > > 
> > > afaik, it should be possible.
> > 
> > Thanks Mike.
> > 
> > Mark, I would consider this a "delightful" addition.

Delightful, but not blocking.

Comment 3

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