184546 - RFE: Internet Search Engines configuration + multiple search options from URL Address field

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 84908

(SeaMonkey :: Search, enhancement)

Description

[Soren Vejrum]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

Searching Google simply by entering keywords in the URL Address field is an
excellent feature, which I use all the time. However, very often I also search
other more specialised services such as www.allmusic.com www.imdb.org
www.dictionary.com etc. It would be very nice to be able to search such services
directly from the URL Address field as well.

1) Search Engines configuration
In addition to simply selecting a Default Search Engine from the pre-defined
list of supported search engines, it could be possible to select multiple
additional search engines to be used.

2) Multiple search options from URL Address field
Instead of only having access to 'Search XXX for "XXX"' when entering keywords
in the URL Address field, the drop-down list could also include access to
options for the additional selected search engines.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Alex Bishop]

> 1) Search Engines configuration
> In addition to simply selecting a Default Search Engine from the pre-defined
> list of supported search engines, it could be possible to select multiple
> additional search engines to be used.

You can already do this: http://www.mycroft.mozdev.org/

> 2) Multiple search options from URL Address field
> Instead of only having access to 'Search XXX for "XXX"' when entering keywords
> in the URL Address field, the drop-down list could also include access to
> options for the additional selected search engines.

One of the earlier specs
<http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ui/communicator/browser/search/> has this. It's
 also bug 84908.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 84908 ***

Comment 2

[Alex Bishop]

I meant http://mycroft.mozdev.org/. Sorry.