1439521 - Preferences -> Search: Show deleted search engines

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect, P3)

Description

[David Hedlund]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:58.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/58.0
Build ID: 20180206200532

Steps to reproduce:

Opened: Preferences -> Search
Removed
* Bing
* DuckDuckGo
* Yahoo


Actual results:

When I tried to add this

I could not install these OpenSearch engines:
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bing/
> "Firefox could not install the search plugin from “https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/54407/bing-20090601.xml?src=dp-btn-primary” because an engine with the same name already exists."
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckduckgo-ssl/
> Firefox could not install the search plugin from “https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/240221/duckduckgo_https_ssl-20140120.xml?src=dp-btn-primary” because an engine with the same name already exists.



Expected results:

The search engines can be restored from Preferences -> Search by clicking the "Restore Default Search Engines" button. Please show delete search engines on that list to make clear that they cannot be installed from addons.mozilla.org.

Comment 1

[Sam Foster [:sfoster] (he/him)]

Thanks for the report, that seems like a pitfall we could do more to help users avoid.

Comment 2

[Sam Foster [:sfoster] (he/him)]

Looking for suggestions or next steps for this?

Comment 3

[David Hedlund]

(In reply to Sam Foster [:sfoster] from comment #1)
> Thanks for the report, that seems like a pitfall we could do more to help
> users avoid.

Thanks.

Comment 4

[Markus Jaritz [:designakt] (UX)]

This seams very related to: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1433263
I'm forwarding the needinfo to Michelle, as she is also the one looking into the other bug.

Comment 5

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Clear a needinfo that is pending on an inactive user.

Inactive users most likely will not respond; if the missing information is essential and cannot be collected another way, the bug maybe should be closed as INCOMPLETE.

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