As the title asks: Why aren't certain search engines addable to the search bar?
Currently, there's a LEGACY add-on that let's users add almost any to the search bar, which Firefox is already doing (in terms of functionality ).
My question is: why are certain search engines eligible while others aren't? Why can the mentioned add-on force it?
Obviously, I'm not a developer. I don't really need a highly detailed explanation, but a layman version for it would be nice.
Something better than "it just doesn't support it".
I want to know why and if there's a formal process towards adding a given search engine to AMO.
TIA
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Why certain search engines aren't addable?
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Re: Why certain search engines aren't addable?
Can't you still add search plugins through the Mycroft Project?
Mycroft Project
http://mycroftproject.com/
IMDb search plugins
http://mycroftproject.com/imdb-search-plugins.html
Create search plugin
http://mycroftproject.com/submitos.html
Mycroft Project
http://mycroftproject.com/
IMDb search plugins
http://mycroftproject.com/imdb-search-plugins.html
Create search plugin
http://mycroftproject.com/submitos.html
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Re: Why certain search engines aren't addable?
Can you give an example of a search engine that cannot be added? You may be able to add it from the mycroft project page.
http://mycroftproject.com/
http://mycroftproject.com/
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Re: Why certain search engines aren't addable?
Funny, I found this right after making my post.morat wrote:Can't you still add search plugins through the Mycroft Project?
Mycroft Project
http://mycroftproject.com/
IMDb search plugins
http://mycroftproject.com/imdb-search-plugins.html
Create search plugin
http://mycroftproject.com/submitos.html
The domains I can't seem to get this for are: gocomics.com, animeplus.tv, and goodmanga,net.
For those three, I had to use the mentioned extension. The last two domains, I could see why they're not addable, but why would gocomics not be available?