Closed Bug 603491 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

"Web Search" Button is Useless

Categories

(Firefox :: Menus, defect)

defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 513165

People

(Reporter: trappmanrhett, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: useless-UI)

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:2.0b8pre) Gecko/20101011 Firefox/4.0b8pre Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:2.0b8pre) Gecko/20101011 Firefox/4.0b8pre I've noticed that in the recent betas, a "Web Search" button has been added to the tools drop-down. It would be more convenient to use the shortcut (Ctrl+K), or more simply to click in the search box, then have to go to the tools menu, click the "Web Search" button, then type your request. In short: The new "Web Search" button is more complicated that simply clicking in the search box. Maybe the button should be removed, and the shortcut (Ctrl+k) be placed in the Help document. Reproducible: Always
Summary: Useless Button → New "Web Search" Button is Useless
Version: unspecified → Trunk
That's not new, it has been there for ages. Wasn't it even in the old Netscape browser ? It dates from the time that there wasn't a search-field at all. Note that the menubar has been replaced by the Firefox button (for most users, although you can still use it if you want), which doesn't have it anymore.
Dupe of a [killthem] bug that never materialized for some reason or another.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Summary: New "Web Search" Button is Useless → "Web Search" Button is Useless
Severity: trivial → normal
Component: General → Menus
Depends on: 519921
Flags: in-litmus?
Keywords: useless-UI
Hardware: x86_64 → All
Whiteboard: [killthem]
Rhett: This bug was marked as RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 513165. That means this bug is closed and everything here moves to the pre-existing bug over there. That bug will be the one used for tracking of this one issue, so please don't set the fields to match here.
No longer depends on: 519921
Flags: in-litmus?
Whiteboard: [killthem]
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