Firefox/Features/keywordurl follows searchbar

Feature	Status	ETA	Owner
Replace keyword.URL to follow Search Bar and/or allow independent setting of provider	UX/Privacy/Eng feedback required	TBD	kev

Summary

Give users control over which search service provider is used when a location bar entry triggers a search query.

Release Requirements

change detection of default search engine (browser.search.defaultenginename) on startup, add-on install, search engine install, or user change

Next Steps

UX review to ensure no UI modifications are required, signoff on features
Privacy review to ensure about:rights adequately addresses information sent through location bar queries
Developer assignment and implementation

Related Bugs & Dependencies

Searches from the Location Bar default to Google regardless of the currently configured Search Engine for the browser 637675

Team

Feature Manager: Kev Needham Lead Developer: TBD (Gavin?) Product Manager: Kev Needham QA: N/A until patch ready UX: Limi (checkoff that no UX is required) Privacy: Alex Fowler (implication of sending data from Location Bar to search engines other than Google, about:rights changes)

Designs

No designs required for initial use case, simply a "follow-me" function with no additional UI required. As a follow-on/enhancement, it would be a nice-to-have to develop UI within "Manage search engines..." to allow a user to specify a different search engine from the Search Bar for Location Bar searches.

Goals/Use Cases

Change Location Bar searches to match selected/default search engine via
- User change of selected/default search engine through Search Bar or "Manage Search Engines
- Application change of selected/default search (NB: if a user has changed the app default, the user change would always trump the application change)
- Addon change of selected/default search engine on install
checks on startup or periodic checks to ensure Location Bar searches match what user has selected
Allow inclusion of Param or MozParam attributes in the search query that are specific to location bar searches (similar to 596439)

Non-Goals

keyword.URL protection (e.g. from hijacking, etc.)
inclusion of search suggest or other related info in/modification of Awesome Bar results
independent management of keyword.URL or equivalent