GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 158486
search page for keyword searches?
Last modified: 2013-08-26 21:25:41 UTC
When typing a name that don't resolve on DNS, Epiphany sends it to google. 1/ default behavior is wrong and violate my privacy 2/ there is not even an option in the Privacy tab to disable it.
Looks like https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95390 . Maybe we should disable keyword search by default ?
Sounds like a good idea to me.
Noo, keep it on by default, it soo nice.
Perhaps open a local page with an automagically created link to use $FAVOURITE_SEARCH_ENGINE to do a query for the keywords?
Keyword searches are now disabled by default. Leaving the bug open for the suggestion from comment 4; re-titling.
ouch! Please revert. This functionality is perhaps the top 1 reason I use Epiphany instead of Firefox!
*Please* revert this!!! I found the search behavior previously very intuitive, but now searching is awkward. The version in ubuntu hoary where I have to press the down arrow to explicitly do the search (to 'Search the web') I find a good way to both preserve fast access to searching while avoiding the original complaint.
Perhaps a compromise may work better - Would having a small search entry, accessible with Ctrl-K, beside the location bar be acceptable? (Like Firefox) At least then we can avoid having to go via google.com first, which is quite inconvenient in comparison. I think this solution provides much better visibility than the prior mechanism - I've seen time after time people not realise they can type search terms straight into the URL bar, and instead bring up Google first.
(Correcting myself) Incidentially, I'm aware that there's a smart bookmark system that provides this functionality - I'm just suggesting that it becomes a default setup =)
yeah, so I was used all long to that google "normal search", so I type "epiphany browser" (to do a normal google search) and I get a "invalid url"? Come on! If I type "epiphany", I'll get to epiphany.com. Not what I want. Google's lucky search is what it is called: a lucky search.
I re-enabled keyword searches for bug 314974. The original report in comment 0 is WONTFIX; but leaving open for the suggestion of comment 4.
Okay, I'd just like to have confirmation here: is it me or epiphany once again reverted to the lucky-search-only thing in 2.15.91? I hate the behavior, and it won't work even if I set the keyword.URL key value myself. Or is this a bug? Has anything been planned/discussed about the searches that I don't know about?
The change is not intentional, it is related to the mozilla backend.
Reinout: your suggestion in comment #4 is nice, it can give some feedback to first time Epiphany users. I don't know it would be possible to have some kind of link or button on that page to select "don't show this again, send me straight to the results". That way everyone is happy :).
Nowadays you just get an error message. Resolved -> Obsolete