1653262 - Restrict how keywords are entered from the bookmark editor

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, task, P3)

Description

[Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)]

As this will be managed in about:preferences#search, for discoverability purposes we may want to replace the input field with a link to the preferences page

Comment 1

[Passawit Kaovilai]

Attachment: Edit this bookmark @ address bar

(In reply to Dale Harvey (:daleharvey) from comment #0)

As this will be managed in about:preferences#search, for discoverability purposes we may want to replace the input field with a link to the preferences page

Well I think in fact it should be prominent.. specifically because bookmarks are not search engines. Though that maybe because I have added a ton of search engines prior to the OpenSearch depreciation.

Comment 2

[Passawit Kaovilai]

(In reply to Passawit Kaovilai from comment #1)

Though that maybe because I have added a ton of search engines prior to the OpenSearch depreciation.

nvm.. after a recent updates, it appeared that all my OpenSearch engines are removed :(

Comment 3

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

I think this will actually happen differently, as we're not removing keyword from the bookmark editor, at least initially.

In the first phase keyword will remain.
After migrating http(s) keywords to Search, the dialog should only allow to add keywords to urls NOT containing %s, or javascritp urls.
Long term, once we cover the bookmarklets use-case, the field and functionality could be renamed to nickname.

Comment 4

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

Moving across to search-alias, since this isn't going to be part of the first phase, and adjusting title to be a bit more generic per comment 3. We'll think about specifics once we start looking at phase 2.