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Asa Dotzler
Oct 24, 2011, 2:41:18 PM10/24/11
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As many of you have seen, Mozilla added Twitter to the list of included
search plug-ins for the en-US build.
The Firefox Product Team believes that more and more people are
searching the web not just for websites but for *people* and this
Twitter search addition is our first attempt at helping Firefox users
easily find people on the public Web.
There are many other "people" search services on the Web. In the US, we
also have LinkedIn and Facebook which both have very compelling people
finding capabilities. Unfortunately, those services require a log-in to
get the full benefits of the service and that's not something we are
ready to commit to with our included search plug-ins.
No doubt Twitter is not the right people search in many countries or
languages, so we are leaving it up to the individual localization teams
to decide if Twitter is right for your geography and language.
If Twitter is a good fit, and you would like to add it to your Firefox
locale, just add a line with 'twitter' to your list.txt. Don't add the xml.
If Twitter is the right service, but you'd like to modify the Twitter
search plug-in, you'll need a bug, with a patch, and that patch will
need review before it lands. Making minor changes to the plug-in
shouldn't be a problem, but we need to do that right.
If Twitter isn't right for your locale, and you believe there is an
alternate service that satisfies a public people search functionality,
that's OK too. Do take what ever time you need to do that evaluation and
when you're confident you've found an alternative to Twitter that makes
it easy for people to find other people on the public Web, file a bug,
copy Alex, and he will make sure that the right people are added.
If you have any questions please let me or Axel know, in this thread or
in private email if you prefer, and we'll try to answer them.
- Asa
search plug-ins for the en-US build.
The Firefox Product Team believes that more and more people are
searching the web not just for websites but for *people* and this
Twitter search addition is our first attempt at helping Firefox users
easily find people on the public Web.
There are many other "people" search services on the Web. In the US, we
also have LinkedIn and Facebook which both have very compelling people
finding capabilities. Unfortunately, those services require a log-in to
get the full benefits of the service and that's not something we are
ready to commit to with our included search plug-ins.
No doubt Twitter is not the right people search in many countries or
languages, so we are leaving it up to the individual localization teams
to decide if Twitter is right for your geography and language.
If Twitter is a good fit, and you would like to add it to your Firefox
locale, just add a line with 'twitter' to your list.txt. Don't add the xml.
If Twitter is the right service, but you'd like to modify the Twitter
search plug-in, you'll need a bug, with a patch, and that patch will
need review before it lands. Making minor changes to the plug-in
shouldn't be a problem, but we need to do that right.
If Twitter isn't right for your locale, and you believe there is an
alternate service that satisfies a public people search functionality,
that's OK too. Do take what ever time you need to do that evaluation and
when you're confident you've found an alternative to Twitter that makes
it easy for people to find other people on the public Web, file a bug,
copy Alex, and he will make sure that the right people are added.
If you have any questions please let me or Axel know, in this thread or
in private email if you prefer, and we'll try to answer them.
- Asa
Gen Kanai
Oct 24, 2011, 11:19:56 PM10/24/11
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On 10/25/11 3:41 AM, Asa Dotzler wrote:
> If Twitter is the right service, but you'd like to modify the Twitter
> search plug-in, you'll need a bug, with a patch, and that patch will
> need review before it lands. Making minor changes to the plug-in
> shouldn't be a problem, but we need to do that right.
>
Could we get your and/or Axel's attention to this related bug?
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688103
Thank you,
Gen
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