987639 - [pa-IN] Search engine setup for Firefox Mobile for Punjabi

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Mozilla Localizations :: pa-IN / Punjabi, defect)

Description

[Jeff Beatty [:gueroJeff]]

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

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. Amanpreet, 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 (mobile version), Yahoo, Bing, Amazon, Twitter, Wikipedia (slightly different to desktop, 32x32 icon)

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. Amanpreet, 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. Also, please make yourself familiar with instructions regarding the <Description/> element at <https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Integrated_Search_Instructions>. For mobile, we'll want 64x64 size images, too.

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

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

Comment 1

[A S Alam]

Search Plugin
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There is no difference between mobile Search Provider from Desktop. 
Google is Default in Desktop (available in Punjabi)
Wikipedia available in Punjabi


Bookmark
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Mobile Punjabi Newspaper site are available (for Bookmark)
Jagbani: http://m.jagbani.com/home/  (contact info: http://www.jagbani.com/contacts.aspx)

Please suggestion me how can I help more on this?

Comment 2

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

This is the list of searchplugins we're currently shipping on desktop for pa-IN

google
yahoo-in
eBay-in
wikipedia-pa
bing

Content handlers (feeds, mailto) are the same of English.

If the list looks good, we can just replicate it on mobile, just let me know and I'll prepare a patch. We don't have bookmarks on mobile.

Comment 3

[A S Alam]

(In reply to Francesco Lodolo [:flod] from comment #2)
> This is the list of searchplugins we're currently shipping on desktop for
> pa-IN
> 
> google
> yahoo-in
> eBay-in
> wikipedia-pa
> bing
> 
> Content handlers (feeds, mailto) are the same of English.
> 
> If the list looks good, we can just replicate it on mobile, just let me know

that is good to go.

Comment 4

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

Attachment: bug987639.patch

* restored en-US region.properties (removed Bloglines, since it's not shipped on Desktop and update handlerversion)
* eBay-in and yahoo-in are the same shipping with other Indic locales

Comment 5

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

Landed
http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/l10n/mozilla-aurora/pa-IN/rev/1970c2ae5655
http://hg.mozilla.org/l10n-central/pa-IN/rev/1970c2ae5655