Midori Web Browser

If a URL cannot be found, offer to search for it.

Bug #699938 reported by Danielle Foré on 2011-01-07

This bug affects 6 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Midori Web Browser	Confirmed	Wishlist	Cris Dywan

Bug Description

Safari has a handy feature where if it can't find a URL, it shows a search entry pre-populated with the text you entered above and asks if you would like to search for that URL.

This can be a good way to help a user find what they need without relying on them to know how to spell ;)

Tags:

Danielle Foré (danrabbit) on 2011-01-08

Changed in midori:
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist

Revision history for this message

Danielle Foré (danrabbit) wrote on 2011-03-15:

Assigning to Christian for a confirmation decision.

Changed in midori:
assignee:	nobody → Christian Dywan (kalikiana)

Cris Dywan (kalikiana) on 2011-12-17

summary:	- [Error] If a URL cannot be found, offer to search for it. + If a URL cannot be found, offer to search for it.
tags:	added: error

Revision history for this message

Cris Dywan (kalikiana) wrote on 2012-08-28:

I added a "Search the web" link in the specific case where the hostname can't be resolved ie. most likely doesn't exist and is a typo. This isn't finding very much in reality, but I like the idea. Let's go with this and improve it along the way.