[Bug 263505] [NEW] Wishlist: add "use address as a search term" to "address not found" page

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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

Altogether too often when I get the "Address Not Found" page, it is
because I expected too much from the Wonderful Bar or whatever it's
called.  It would be a useful addition if the "Address Not Found" page
could offer the option to use the stuff you typed into the location bar
as input for your designated search engine, and/or perform history
search on those terms.  (For me, the former is the more useful, but I
expect both would be handy, and the effort to offer both is probably
marginal if you decide to do one or the other.)

All to often, what you typed in is no longer visible in the location
bar, because http:// gets prepended and sometimes a .com appended to
what is displayed in the location bar at the point you get the "Address
Not Found" error.

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: firefox
  
- Altogether when I get the "Address Not Found" page, it is because I
- expected too much from the Wonderful Bar or whatever it's called.  It
- would be a useful addition if the "Address Not Found" page could offer
- the option to use the stuff you typed into the location bar as input for
- your designated search engine, and/or perform history search on those
- terms.  (For me, the former is the more useful, but I expect both would
- be handy, and the effort to offer both is probably marginal if you
- decide to do one or the other.)
+ Altogether too often when I get the "Address Not Found" page, it is
+ because I expected too much from the Wonderful Bar or whatever it's
+ called.  It would be a useful addition if the "Address Not Found" page
+ could offer the option to use the stuff you typed into the location bar
+ as input for your designated search engine, and/or perform history
+ search on those terms.  (For me, the former is the more useful, but I
+ expect both would be handy, and the effort to offer both is probably
+ marginal if you decide to do one or the other.)
  
  All to often, what you typed in is no longer visible in the location
  bar, because http:// gets prepended and sometimes a .com appended to
  what is displayed in the location bar at the point you get the "Address
  Not Found" error.

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Wishlist: add "use address as a search term" to "address not found" page
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263505
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