Comment 140 for bug 237679

(In reply to comment #13)
> We need clear use-cases that are not "type g and press enter to go to Google"
> obviously.

OK, maybe this usage quoted from "How Cool are Custom Keywords?" (by Mozilla's Asa Dotzler) is good enough? (http://www.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/keywords.html, my emphasis):

> Mozilla Custom Keywords ROCK! Not just for making *shorthand for bookmarks*
> but also for searches and queries. Simple keywords allow you to type a short
> string in the Location Bar and load its corresponding Bookmark URL.
>
> *An example is my bookmark for http://www.mozilla.org to which I've added the
> keyword "m.o".* So, with that set, I can type "m.o" in the Location Bar and
> it loads http://www.mozilla.org. Using keywords combined with autocomplete in
> Mozilla and I seldom type more than about three or four characters for all of
> the sites I regularly visit.

As requested by comment #13, here's some more "clear use-cases that are not 'type g and press enter to go to Google'" (some of my keyword shortcuts for loading _static_ URLs):

mo -> www.mozilla.org (Sites of personal interest; all with similar names and thus usually not directly addressable via location bar matches)
mz -> www.mozillazine.org
mdc -> https://developer.mozilla.org/En (*)
xul -> https://developer.mozilla.org/En/XUL (*)
bzo -> www.bugzilla.org (important portals)
wpo -> www.wikipedia.org (reference works start pages)
sh -> www.selfhtml.org
shf -> http://forum.de.selfhtml.org (forum entry pages of all sorts)
he -> http://htmledit.squarefree.com/ (Real time HTML Editor)
abc -> www.abc-school.de (my workplace; this is not the real link)
ob -> www.my-bank.de/onlinebanking (my bank account; not the real link)
ucc -> www.xe.com/ucc/ (Universal currency converter)
yt -> www.youtube.com (sites where the start page provides appetizers)
zw -> www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe (news sites of personal interest)

All of these I am using on a daily basis for the fastest possible access to my favourite sites (_static_ URLs). In addition, I have a lot of smart keywords for "query URLs". With millions of users, I'm sure a _lot_ of people will use this in a similar way. HTH.

(*) "mdc" and "xul" as shortcut keyword for Mozilla Devolper Center / XUL Project are two more good examples why tagging just won't do the trick: after typing "mdc" / "xul" in location bar, you'd get countless matching pages from your browsing history on MDC / XUL. On the other hand, hit "Enter" after your favorite shortcut keyword and it'll get you straight to the respective pages. No fuss, 100% of the time.

> keywords adding natural UI is: right click a search field and choose "add a
> keyword for this search".

Unfortunately, we can't set keywords for _static_ urls using this method.
In addition, even for query URLs, the context menu method won't work for certain cases (e.g. http://maps.google.com/) and will create untidy URLs with unknown and unnecessary parameters set. All of these problems would be easily cured by making all bookmark properties accessible from the respective bookmark dialogues (Bug 405795).