Firefox quick searches: Can I choose a different encoding?
For years I have used Quick searches in Opera and other browsers (bookmarks with keywords) for search queries. The thing that annoys me is that english is not my first language so I often use strange characters like in "Sævör þýðir bók"...
In opera and Konqureor I can choose which encoding to use, but firefox just seems to use UTF-8 (the one that changes non-ascii chars to %C3%__ -> "sævör" becomes "s%C3%A6v%C3%B6r" which is "sævör" in iso-8859-1).
This makes some searches hell to use... Example:
ss sævör
Opera result - (iso-8859-1 encoded)
http://simaskra.is/index.jsp?pid=10371&query=s%E6v%F6r
Firefox result - (UTF-8):
http://simaskra.is/index.jsp?pid=10371&query=s%C3%A6v%C3%B6r
Is there any way way to choose iso-8859-1 encoding for some of my searches?
In opera and Konqureor I can choose which encoding to use, but firefox just seems to use UTF-8 (the one that changes non-ascii chars to %C3%__ -> "sævör" becomes "s%C3%A6v%C3%B6r" which is "sævör" in iso-8859-1).
This makes some searches hell to use... Example:
ss sævör
Opera result - (iso-8859-1 encoded)
http://simaskra.is/index.jsp?pid=10371&query=s%E6v%F6r
Firefox result - (UTF-8):
http://simaskra.is/index.jsp?pid=10371&query=s%C3%A6v%C3%B6r
Is there any way way to choose iso-8859-1 encoding for some of my searches?
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Does this help
In Firefox, View --> character encoding
In Firefox, View --> character encoding
"I just want the same functionality on Quick searches..."
thats not possible yet....
thats not possible yet....
ASKER
> Does this help
> In Firefox, View --> character encoding
No - that's just for displaying web pages.
If you change the encoding on _your_ browser you will see one of these jubmled, the other one correct.
iso-8859-1: "sævör", UTF-8: "sævör"
It has nothing to do with quick searches
> "I just want the same functionality on Quick searches..."
> thats not possible yet....
That's so comforting to hear - any links to back that up?
No offence - but I've heard that even the simplest things are "not possible" because the one answering didn't know how...
> In Firefox, View --> character encoding
No - that's just for displaying web pages.
If you change the encoding on _your_ browser you will see one of these jubmled, the other one correct.
iso-8859-1: "sævör", UTF-8: "sævör"
It has nothing to do with quick searches
> "I just want the same functionality on Quick searches..."
> thats not possible yet....
That's so comforting to hear - any links to back that up?
No offence - but I've heard that even the simplest things are "not possible" because the one answering didn't know how...
"That's so comforting to hear - any links to back that up?
No offence - but I've heard that even the simplest things are "not possible" because the one answering didn't know how..."
Check the link i posted in my first comment. It explains how all the search engines are not using the proper encoding while searching
No offence - but I've heard that even the simplest things are "not possible" because the one answering didn't know how..."
Check the link i posted in my first comment. It explains how all the search engines are not using the proper encoding while searching
ASKER
OK
From the link (which does ONLY talk about search plugins - not one word on quick search in the URL):
1. The original query string is encoded as UTF-8 (encodeURIComponent())
In the quick search, it seems like only this is done, and then they follow that link. I just want to be able to choose that encoding, like I can do in Opera and Konqueror...
But I guess I should try to find some firefox developers to bug, instead of getting annoyed here
So let's just call it a day...
From the link (which does ONLY talk about search plugins - not one word on quick search in the URL):
1. The original query string is encoded as UTF-8 (encodeURIComponent())
In the quick search, it seems like only this is done, and then they follow that link. I just want to be able to choose that encoding, like I can do in Opera and Konqueror...
But I guess I should try to find some firefox developers to bug, instead of getting annoyed here
So let's just call it a day...
ASKER
I just want the same functionality on Quick searches...