1342612 - [zam] Search engine setup for Firefox Mobile for Zapoteco.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Mozilla Localizations :: zam / Miahuatlán Zapotec, defect)

Description

[Delphine Lebédel]

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

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. , we'll need your input on this, the guidelines for making recommendations are on <https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Mobile/Productization>. 

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

> Google, Yahoo, Bing, Amazon, Twitter, Wikipedia

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. , 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. For Android we'll want a specific 96x96px image, with colored background and rounder corners (6px radius).

Once we have a specification on what the search engines for Zapoteco should look like, Delphine and the localization team will work on the implementation. Delphine will create and attach patches for the desired changes and get them reviewed. After a successful review, Delphine will land them. , if you're interested, you could create the patches, too. You'd ask Delphine for review on those before landing. 

Please don't commit any modifications in browser/searchplugins to the hg repository without a patch reviewed by Delphine, flod, 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 Zapoteco team and Delphine will be driving this bug to completion.

Comment 1

[rodrigo_perez_r]

Hello Delphine

The search engines that we propose and consider more appropriate for the Zapotec are the following:

1. Google
2. Yahoo
3. Hotmail
4. Wikipedia

Comment 2

[Delphine Lebédel]

I assume you mean Bing instead of Hotmail? If so, I'll add Google, Yahoo, Bing and Wikipedia.
thanks

Comment 3

[rodrigo_perez_r]

Yeah that's right. Please add Google,Yahoo, Bing and Wikipedia. Thanks

Comment 4

[Delphine Lebédel]

I am blocked on working on this until Bug 1342623 is resolved.

Comment 5

[Delphine Lebédel]

Attachment: bug1342612.patch

Hoping it's not too late to get this in "the old way" ;)

Comment 6

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

Comment on attachment 8848300 [details] [diff] [review]
bug1342612.patch

Review of attachment 8848300 [details] [diff] [review]:
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Everything that lands in aurora for 54 needs to use the old method.

We will need to port this to the new system on Nightly though. Our upcoming workweek sounds like a good idea to do that (will file a bug).

Comment 7

[Delphine Lebédel]

Pushed: https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/l10n/mozilla-aurora/zam/rev/a88ec4a83684a5682803f790bf1fa8ae97afa864