Hi Laszlo, This was a good suggestion. The TianoCore Bugzilla server has been updated.
Let us know if this works as expected now. Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Laszlo Ersek [mailto:ler...@redhat.com] > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 5:52 AM > To: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com> > Cc: edk2-devel-01 <edk2-devel@lists.01.org> > Subject: search plugin for the TianoCore Bugzilla > > Hi Mike, > > (1) OpenSearch plugins are very useful for bug trackers because > they > allow users to perform simple searches (incl. direct bug > numbers) right > from their web browsers. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSearch > > Such OpenSearch plugins are supposed to be compatible with > Safari, Edge, > Firefox and Chrome: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSearch#Support > > I think that such a search plugin would be helpful for TianoCore > BZ > users as well. > > (2) The Firefox docs describe two methods for a website to offer > a > search plugin: > > (2a) > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add- > ons/Creating_OpenSearch_plugins_for_Firefox#Autodiscovery_of_sea > rch_plugins > > (2b) > https://developer.mozilla.org/en- > US/docs/Web/API/Window/sidebar/Adding_search_engines_from_Web_pa > ges > > When a website implements the first method, a Firefox user can > install > the site's search plugin by clicking the "magnifying glass with > PLUS > sign" icon that is to the left of their search bar. According to > the > above wikipedia article on OpenSearch, this is the generic / > multi-browser method called "Auto-discovery". > > When a website implements the second method, the user needs to > click a > normal link. I'm unsure if this method works outside of Firefox. > > (3) The TianoCore Bugzilla already implements method (2a), > namely > auto-discovery -- if you navigate to > <https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/>, > the "magnifying glass with PLUS sign" icon appears in Firefox. > > However: > - The name of the plugin that is offered is plain "Bugzilla". I > think > it's too nondescript; there are many bugzilla instances on the > web, and > a user should be able to install & tell apart several such > plugins in > his/her web browser. > - The icon associated with this search plugin is Mozilla's > default > lizard figure. Also too nondescript IMO. > > (4) I've created an alternative page where > - a similar search plugin is offered with the name "TianoCore > Bugzilla", > - and the icon associated with the plugin comes from > "MdeModulePkg/Logo/Logo.bmp" (cropping the image to a square > from the > left side). > > This page implements both installation methods (2a) and (2b); > please > check it out: > > https://people.redhat.com/lersek/tianocore-bugzilla- > opensearch/ > > (5) I suggest that we try to incorporate these improvements > (i.e., the > more specific plugin name, and the matching icon) in the > TianoCore BZ. > > (6) I also tried to offer the improved plugin in our wiki > article > > https://github.com/lersek/edk2/wiki/Reporting-Issues > > However, the github wiki pages do not support either install > method (2a) > or (2b); please see why under: > > https://github.com/github/markup/issues/79#issuecomment- > 317394553 > > Hence my suggestion in (5) -- we should stick with the TianoCore > BZ's > built-in plugin offering (which is also multi-browser), but we > should > update the icon and the plugin name to more specific ones. > > Thanks, > Laszlo _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.01.org https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
