275867 - "Search Web for" context menu should enclose text in quotes (search for exact phrase)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Menus, enhancement)

Description

[Nicolas Barbulesco]

When the user selects the phrase 'nice browser' in a page and selects 'Search
Web for "nice browser"' in the context menu, Firefox opens a new tab with the
Google search for the two words, as if a user had manually entered 'nice
browser' in Google. It would be better if Firefox opened a new tab with the
Google search for the entire phrase, as if a user had manually entered '"nice
browser"' in Google.

Comment 1

[José Jeria]

(In reply to comment #0)
> It would be better if Firefox opened a new tab with the
> Google search for the entire phrase, as if a user had manually entered '"nice
> browser"' in Google.

Isnt that what happends now? Can y ou please clarify what you mean?

Comment 2

[Nicolas Barbulesco]

(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > It would be better if Firefox opened a new tab with the
> > Google search for the entire phrase, as if a user had manually entered '"nice
> > browser"' in Google.
> 
> Isnt that what happends now? Can y ou please clarify what you mean?

No, that isn't what happens now (I just tested in Firefox 1.0.2). I mean the entire phrase, with quotes. 
Example :
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22nice+browser%22&btnG=Google+Search

Comment 3

[Nickolay_Ponomarev]

changing summary to be more specific.
(I'd rather not see it change like you suggest.)

Comment 4

[eyal gruss]

i agree that search should be for the exact phrase.
however do all search engines support quotation marks for this matter?

Comment 5

[eyal gruss]

this is a dupe of 186011

Comment 6

[eyal gruss]

if one selects multiple words which are not consecutive, quotation marks should NOT be used. ie:

the little fox jumped over the moon
---            ------          ----  <- selected

search for: the jumped moon
without quotes

Comment 7

[Karsten Düsterloh]

(In reply to comment #5)
> this is a dupe of 186011

This one's Firefox, that one's SeaMonkey.

Comment 8

[bhaavanmerchant]

Keeping with the minimalism, can we just have a Google logo / Search Provider logo / magnifying glass search logo followed by text to be searched for.

This will reduce translation effort, give a proper intuitive symbol and convey the meaning more easily to the user.
Images are always understood faster than text.

Comment 9

[Nicolas Barbulesco]

(In reply to bhaavanmerchant from comment #8)

I think this is a FGI : False Good Idea.

This image in a list of text menu items would unduly attract the eye.

And a magnifying glass would make the familiar user think of in-page search rather than Web search.

Comment 10

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

I don't think enclosing the search string in quotes is useful for the majority of search engines. Indeed google is usually much better at interpreting phrases itself and "doing the right thing" regardless of the input.