Isn't search history a subset of form history? (Bug 461820 prevented it from being saved/retrieved for web forms, but as far as I know the storage is still shared.)
Gavin On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Richard Newman <rnew...@mozilla.com> wrote: > (For context, see > <https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/sync-dev/2014-October/001007.html>) > > The “history” checkbox in Sync is an umbrella that hides two concrete > engines: browsing history and form history. > > I’d like it to hide a third: search history. > > This would implement the minor part of Bug 444284, which I’ll chop up later. > > The recorded search history would be simple: > > query > visits > last visited > > (Neither desktop nor Fennec divides your search history by engine.) > > The goal is to support task continuity across devices; we have some evidence > that users return to the same searches more than once, and we’d like to drive > repeat usage inside Fennec and the search activity from this. > > Work here is mostly well-separated, and would involve: > > * Defining and documenting the precise format. > * Making sure that the services folks are happy with the additional > collection. > * Building and testing a desktop sync engine. > * Hooking that engine into the appropriate clear-history events. > * Building a Fennec sync engine. > > Are there any objections to adding this capability under the umbrella of > history? > > Are there any significant objections or suggestions around the data model? > > Any other thoughts? > > Thanks, > > -R > _______________________________________________ > Sync-dev mailing list > Sync-dev@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/sync-dev _______________________________________________ Sync-dev mailing list Sync-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/sync-dev
