[rekonq] About Search Engines And The Way They Are Used

[Andrea Diamantini]

On Friday 30 September 2011 10:38:34 todd rme wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Furkan Üzümcü <furkanuzumcu at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > On Sep 29, 2011 11:16 PM, "Andrea Diamantini" <adjam7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Thursday 29 September 2011 17:15:10 Furkan Üzümcü wrote:
> >>> Hello all!
> >>> The default behavior for Google Chrome is that if a web page has a
> >>> search engine it adds it automatically and when you type say
> >>> "youtube" Chrome says
> >>> you can press tab key to search with YouTube. I guess this should be
> >>> the default in Rekonq too. It's also a better way. I was going to
> >>> do this but ı
> >>> wanted to ask for your opinions about this.
> >> 
> >> Not sure I clearly understand what you are meaning, but rekonq and KDE
> >> have a
> >> different management of the search engines and I think it works really
> >> well.
> >> So, I think you really need to convince us this change is needed.
> > 
> > Chrome automaticaly adda searche engines when available and you don't
> > have to do say "google:" to search with Google. Instead you type
> > "google" and it shows a message in the URL bar like "Pres tab to seach
> > with Google" then you press tab to search. Rekonq style is different.
> > You have to add the search engine yourself and set a keyword for it.
> > What I'm saying is it'd be better if it was added automaticaly and
> > after we type the name of the web site if it was visited before after
> > the press tab message pops up we do sk to search. It's way easier and
> > better than what we do now, imho.
> 
> I am  not sure I understand.
> 
> Do you mean it automatically adds the search engine for any site you
> visit?  That doesn't seem like a very good solution to me, too many
> sites have search engines these days.
> 
> On the other hand, if you mean you can right-click on a search box and
> add it to the list of searches, then that would certainly be helpful.

I don't see the need for this as you actually have this in the urlbar.

> I don't see the benefit of "press tab to search with google", it seems
> more complicated than the current method.

Agreed.
Moreover what I like about current method is that it works well also with 
konqueror, krunner, konversation and all other apps using web shortcuts.
IMHO, an improvement on this side has to be anyway compatible.

> 
> I do think there is room for improvement on the current search system,
> though.
> 
> -Todd
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