[Bug]: Allows users to choose as defaults only general or custom search engines #28111
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…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
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…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
@DreVla Why do you see this need? I would argue that an user who sets a topic specific search engine as default search engine, for example Amazon, is well aware that they will only find products on Amazon. And if they use the browser very frequently for the search for products (or articles on Wikipedia or whatever), what is wrong with allowing the user to set that search engine as the default search engine? I don't get the point of this change. 🤔 Also, Firefox for desktop allows this. When the ability to only show pinned top sites (without sites from the history) on the home screen was removed, it was argued with consistency with Firefox for desktop. Now you remove something that will give the user the opposite of the desktop behaviour. |
…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
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@cadeyrn This limitation will be part of the new unified search UX which will allow users to easily switch from the toolbar to another search engine - like Amazon or to another application source - like open tabs. You can see that UI here - #27895. |
…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
…om default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
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…rch engines from default list Since topic specific search engines, like amazon, ebay, etc... will only show results from those specific websites, they will be filtered out of the default search engines list.
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Verified as fixed on the latest Nightly 111.0a1 (2023-01-27) build. |
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Expected behaviour
Only general or custom search engines should be available to be set as default search engine.
If users have a
topic specificsearch engine set as default then the default should be automatically migrated to the first availablegeneralsearch engine. Only if no other general search engines are available then the user will remain with the currenttopic-specificengine set as default.Actual behaviour
Any search engine can be selected as default search engine, including topic specific engines (amazon, ebay, etc...).
Device name
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Android version
Android 10
Firefox release type
Firefox Nightly
Firefox version
109.0a1
Device logs
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Additional information
Because topic specific search engines - like amazon / ebay / wikipedia will only show results from those specific websites - a restricted scope they are not suited for general searches - all around the web.
We need to limit the user’s ability to set such engines as defaults.
Since these search engines come bundled with the app we have control over them and can manually split each list of search engines for a specific locale to general or topic specific (naming not necessarily following this scheme).
This will not apply to user added search engines. All custom search engines will be treated as general search engines.
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