Comment 45 for bug 578281

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Ray Wang <email address hidden> wrote:

> Adding an optional Baidu search plugin is okay with Chinese locale. I'm
> sorry for misunderstanding...
> but I bet it's worthless...
>
We can't ignore that Baidu's marketing share is higher than 70% in China.
And I think most of FLOSS fans/advocate are trying to help/persuade *real
end users* to migrate from Windows to Linux, then if we can provide them the
same experience as they have under windows will be much more helpful, and
any kind of effort similar to this one should be encouraged and awarded.
BTW, personally, I seldom use Baidu

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> Add search plugin for Baidu
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578281
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> hans in ubuntu.
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> Status in “language-pack-zh-hans” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “language-pack-zh-hans” source package in Lucid: Fix Committed
> Status in “language-pack-zh-hans” source package in Maverick: Confirmed
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: ubufox
>
> Baidu is the leading search engine in China (
> http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63R5YM20100429) and growing given
> Google's departure from China. It will return results that are more
> targeted and relevant to users based in China.
>
> I'm attaching a search plugin xml file for Baidu, generated using some
> information from OEM Service's communications with Baidu and looking at the
> suggestion info used in
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9184/
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> The suggestion bit works, but not quick enough to suggest as you type...
> If you type something in (>= 4 chars) and later backspace, you'll see the
> cached suggestion results that FF received. Not sure if I did something
> wrong or if it's just slow.
>
> Baidu told OEM Services that their name is natively spelled 百度一下 so I used
> that. Baidu's site is not translated into English, so I don't see a
> compelling reason for the name to be the Englishy "Baidu" instead of what a
> native speaker would presumably prefer.
>
> This also uses Ubuntu's Baidu ID for searches (the cl=3&tn=ubuntuu_cb bit).
>
> Just drop the attached plugin into the searchplugins folder in ubufox.
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