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

[Kristoffer Lundén <kristoffer lunden gmail com>]

Hello again dear list, and listeners. :)

This evening I've tried to compile a small list of possible use cases,
and I've collected them in a table. Not sure if the list allows
attachments or if that is appropriate, so I'm gonna provide links
instead. If list wants attachments also, I can just do another
mailing.

XHTML version, exported from OO.o2:
http://student.gamemaker.nu/~krilun030/documents/epiphany/usecases_epiphany.xhtml
Original file, if anyone wants to make edits, that's fine:
http://student.gamemaker.nu/~krilun030/documents/epiphany/usecases_epiphany.odt

Note:
  * This is only use cases for typed URLs, I think I got most or all,
but feel free to complete them.
  * Assumption for actions is based on my wish for the "smart"
location bar as outlined earlier, plus an amendment or two.
  * It all centers around simple patterns and what the answer from DNS
is on some of them, trying to do the right thing.

I've probably missed stuff, but at the very least it should be a good
base for a use case list for further discussion. If something is
unclear, I'll try to explain. =)

Have fun, friends.

On 9/8/05, Adam Hooper <adamh densi com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 09:05 -0700, Ryan Thiessen wrote:
> > I can see the logic in what you are saying.  Perhaps it would make the
> > most sense to throw everything with one word that contains a period to
> > the error page -- gnome.ort and gnemo.org would get that -- but
> > anything with a space or without a period that doesn't match a smart
> > bookmark could go to a web search instead.  It sounds complicated, but
> > it's really not.  Anything that looks like an URL would be loaded as
> > an URL; everything else is either a smart bookmark or web search.
> >
> > Does this satsify your use case while still retaining Epiphany's quick
> > and easy search method?
> 
> Unfortunately, no :(. While it *will* work 95% of the time, that makes
> the times when it *doesn't* work all the more unexpected to the casual
> user. The user won't be able to figure out trivially when he'll get an
> error page and when he'll get a search results page. That makes Epiphany
> unpredictable, which sucks.
> 
> Of course, compromises must be made; this solution seems at first glance
> like it'll work better than others.
> 
> --
> Adam Hooper <adamh densi com>
> 
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