Re: Address bar searches (was: epiphany-list gnome org)

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Hi Adam,

On Sun, 4 Sep 2005, Adam Hooper wrote:

> What's the easiest workaround? Create a smart bookmark to google.com

(...)

> It boils down to this: automatically sending typos and other accidental
> phrases to a for-profit company beyond GNOME's control is Wrong. It's
> evil. Taking that into account, we must think up a better way of
> handling searches.

You make a very good point, but I'm worried by the sentiment noted in 
#314974, that we're about to release a browser with a regression from 
many users' POV without making up for it. There is a default 'Search the 
web' smart bookmark (also going to Google, isn't that corporate 
favouritism?) but it's a far cry from the "just type it and go" approach 
that has made Epiphany popular by quite a number of people, considering 
the amount of feedback generated by this change.

regards,

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Reinout van Schouwen