Closed Bug 93058 Opened 23 years ago Closed 15 years ago

"Type Ahead Find"-like bookmark keyword search

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, enhancement)

enhancement
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED EXPIRED

People

(Reporter: phoenixreads, Unassigned)

References

Details

At present if I want to go through a three level keyword search I have to go to the manage bookmarks, select search, select keyword, enter keyword. The last part three times. Now if I want to back up I would have to start over again. This is definately ineffective, time consuming, and annoying. Instead have a simple search text box in the bookmark sidebar that accepts full or partial keywords are entered and the resulting list contracts or expands accordingly. Note the following keywords would be entered by the used when the bookmarks are initially created. So if I enter the keyword 'programs' the listing would contract to list programs Then if I entered the keyword 'java' the listing would contract to only include java programs then if I entered the keyword 'applet' the listing would contract to only include java program applets then if I removed the keyword 'programs' the listing would adjust to list java programs. This idea can be extended futher to adopt Google's method of modifiers, like 'URL:microsoft' Parsing of such commands would not be difficult. Extending the above example, what would be listed are keywords 'java' 'programs' from microsoft sites. This idea can easily and effectively be implemented in the sidebar. And all that has to be done is type 'URL:microsoft java programs' into a search box in the bookmark sidebar. Further expansion of the idea could include wildcards. A method very similar is used in one program and I have easily managed 1000+ bookmarks and it takes between five and ten *seconds* to find or get a relative listing of bookmarks.
> then if I removed the keyword 'programs' > the listing would adjust to list java programs. something tells me this isn't what you meant. apple's osx 'mail.app' has simple search behavior akin to this, as does bugzilla's front page ... cc random search people.
but mozilla's front page is not technically dynamic, it's a lookup script, same generally idea but as I change the seach information the resulting search changes accordingly - that is the dynamic part. Ideally, even a search button would not be required, since entering information into the box would automatically be interpeted as a search. A highly intuitive interface, but sadly novices would not understand its function so a search button, or the phrase, 'enter info to begin search' would be required. As for Apple I am not familar with it so I cannot comment. clarification... > then if I removed the keyword 'programs' > the listing would adjust to list java programs. should read ... the listing would adjust [expand] to list java applets, including the keywords 'java', 'applets', 'programs'
Marking NEW.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Hardware: PC → All
Summary: [rfe] [innovate] dynamic keyword lookup → [RFE] [innovate] dynamic keyword lookup
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: --- → Future
Paul Chen is now taking Bookmarks bugs. For your convenience, you can filter email notifications caused by this by searching for 'ilikegoats'.
Assignee: ben → pchen
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Mass move Ben's bugs dumped on me marked future with p5 to get off my untriaged radar. You can filter out this email by looking for "ironstomachaussie"
Priority: -- → P5
mass reassign of pchen bookmark bugs to ben
Assignee: pchen → ben
Blocks: 13012
Summary: [RFE] [innovate] dynamic keyword lookup → "Type Ahead Find"-like bookmark keyword search
No longer blocks: 13012
Depends on: 162542
*** Bug 95748 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
Assignee: bugs → nobody
QA Contact: claudius → bookmarks
Priority: P5 → --
Target Milestone: Future → ---
This bug report is registered in the SeaMonkey product, but has been without a comment since the inception of the SeaMonkey project. This means that it was logged against the old Mozilla suite and we cannot determine that it's still valid for the current SeaMonkey suite. Because of this, we are setting it to an UNCONFIRMED state. If you can confirm that this report still applies to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it back to the NEW state along with a comment on how you reproduced it on what Build ID, or if it's an enhancement request, why it's still worth implementing and in what way. If you can confirm that the report doesn't apply to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it to the appropriate RESOLVED state (WORKSFORME, INVALID, WONTFIX, or similar). If no action happens within the next few months, we move this bug report to an EXPIRED state. Query tag for this change: mass-UNCONFIRM-20090614
Status: NEW → UNCONFIRMED
This bug report is registered in the SeaMonkey product, but has been without a comment since the inception of the SeaMonkey project. This means that it was logged against the old Mozilla suite and we cannot determine that it's still valid for the current SeaMonkey suite. Because of this, we are setting it to an UNCONFIRMED state. If you can confirm that this report still applies to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it back to the NEW state along with a comment on how you reproduced it on what Build ID, or if it's an enhancement request, why it's still worth implementing and in what way. If you can confirm that the report doesn't apply to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it to the appropriate RESOLVED state (WORKSFORME, INVALID, WONTFIX, or similar). If no action happens within the next few months, we move this bug report to an EXPIRED state. Query tag for this change: mass-UNCONFIRM-20090614
This bug report is registered in the SeaMonkey product, but has been without a comment since the inception of the SeaMonkey project. This means that it was logged against the old Mozilla suite and we cannot determine that it's still valid for the current SeaMonkey suite. Because of this, we are setting it to an UNCONFIRMED state. If you can confirm that this report still applies to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it back to the NEW state along with a comment on how you reproduced it on what Build ID, or if it's an enhancement request, why it's still worth implementing and in what way. If you can confirm that the report doesn't apply to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it to the appropriate RESOLVED state (WORKSFORME, INVALID, WONTFIX, or similar). If no action happens within the next few months, we move this bug report to an EXPIRED state. Query tag for this change: mass-UNCONFIRM-20090614
This bug report is registered in the SeaMonkey product, but has been without a comment since the inception of the SeaMonkey project. This means that it was logged against the old Mozilla suite and we cannot determine that it's still valid for the current SeaMonkey suite. Because of this, we are setting it to an UNCONFIRMED state. If you can confirm that this report still applies to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it back to the NEW state along with a comment on how you reproduced it on what Build ID, or if it's an enhancement request, why it's still worth implementing and in what way. If you can confirm that the report doesn't apply to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it to the appropriate RESOLVED state (WORKSFORME, INVALID, WONTFIX, or similar). If no action happens within the next few months, we move this bug report to an EXPIRED state. Query tag for this change: mass-UNCONFIRM-20090614
This bug report is registered in the SeaMonkey product, but has been without a comment since the inception of the SeaMonkey project. This means that it was logged against the old Mozilla suite and we cannot determine that it's still valid for the current SeaMonkey suite. Because of this, we are setting it to an UNCONFIRMED state. If you can confirm that this report still applies to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it back to the NEW state along with a comment on how you reproduced it on what Build ID, or if it's an enhancement request, why it's still worth implementing and in what way. If you can confirm that the report doesn't apply to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it to the appropriate RESOLVED state (WORKSFORME, INVALID, WONTFIX, or similar). If no action happens within the next few months, we move this bug report to an EXPIRED state. Query tag for this change: mass-UNCONFIRM-20090614
This bug report is registered in the SeaMonkey product, but has been without a comment since the inception of the SeaMonkey project. This means that it was logged against the old Mozilla suite and we cannot determine that it's still valid for the current SeaMonkey suite. Because of this, we are setting it to an UNCONFIRMED state. If you can confirm that this report still applies to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it back to the NEW state along with a comment on how you reproduced it on what Build ID, or if it's an enhancement request, why it's still worth implementing and in what way. If you can confirm that the report doesn't apply to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it to the appropriate RESOLVED state (WORKSFORME, INVALID, WONTFIX, or similar). If no action happens within the next few months, we move this bug report to an EXPIRED state. Query tag for this change: mass-UNCONFIRM-20090614
This bug report is registered in the SeaMonkey product, but has been without a comment since the inception of the SeaMonkey project. This means that it was logged against the old Mozilla suite and we cannot determine that it's still valid for the current SeaMonkey suite. Because of this, we are setting it to an UNCONFIRMED state. If you can confirm that this report still applies to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it back to the NEW state along with a comment on how you reproduced it on what Build ID, or if it's an enhancement request, why it's still worth implementing and in what way. If you can confirm that the report doesn't apply to current SeaMonkey 2.x nightly builds, please set it to the appropriate RESOLVED state (WORKSFORME, INVALID, WONTFIX, or similar). If no action happens within the next few months, we move this bug report to an EXPIRED state. Query tag for this change: mass-UNCONFIRM-20090614
MASS-CHANGE: This bug report is registered in the SeaMonkey product, but still has no comment since the inception of the SeaMonkey project 5 years ago. Because of this, we're resolving the bug as EXPIRED. If you still can reproduce the bug on SeaMonkey 2 or otherwise think it's still valid, please REOPEN it and if it is a platform or toolkit issue, move it to the according component. Query tag for this change: EXPIRED-20100420
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → EXPIRED
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