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ToMMeR
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Aug 02, 2019
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Policy needed: "Go to an intranet site for a one-word entry in the Address bar"

For enterprise a policy like the one in IE called "Go to an intranet site for a one-word entry in the Address bar" is very needed. As an enterprise we have a lot of intranet sites and services usi...
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    JaredB81
    Aug 14, 2019

    Thank you, ToMMeR, stesch79 and paf_skov for your feedback.  I can appreciate those circumstances and your request.


    We will look into adding a policy to make single-word queries navigate and I'll follow up on this thread with an update as soon as I have one.

    Thanks again for giving us this important feedback and for describing your specific scenarios! It helps!

    Jared

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JaredB81
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Nov 13, 2019

Thank you, ToMMeR for confirming the dot fix works as expected! I'm glad to hear it meets your needs.

 

@ToMMeR, @Aaron Roma, @Omega47, @AngelPRU, @paf_skov and @stesch79, as for the search fallback, I'm pleased to report that we have an implementation ready for you to test! It should be available in the latest Dev channel build (80.0.320.5).  

Since the implementation is in such a complex area of our codebase, we have put the fallback behind a command-line feature flag until we have sufficient test coverage to conclude it is behaving as expected, without any unintended consequences.  

 

To test the search fallback, in addition to enabling the policy, please edit your shortcut for Edge Dev to include the feature flag. 

 

Here are instructions:

  1. Right-click on the taskbar shortcut
  2. Right-click on the “Microsoft Edge Dev” item in the context menu which appears after step #1
  3. Click on “Properties” in the second context menu that appears
  4. In the “Target” field, please append “--enable-features=msAllowFallbackSearch” to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge Dev\Application\msedge.exe” such that the Target field looks like, “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge Dev\Application\msedge.exe --enable-features=msAllowFallbackSearch”

 

Please update to the latest Dev channel build, apply the policy to go to an intranet site for single word entries, set the feature flag in your shortcut and launch Edge dev using that shortcut.  You can then attempt to navigate to single word destinations that are not within your Intranets. 

 

Please let us know how the fallback behavior works for you.

As always, thank you very much for your feedback!

Jared (and the entire Microsoft Edge Address Bar & Search Team)

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ToMMeR
Brass Contributor
Nov 14, 2019

JaredB81 Fantastic!

 

I have tested the implementation and it works as expected.


I have tried various combinations of single word entries, and entries with "." and "-".
If the word is not resolved in our DNS it instantly does as Google Search.

If the word exists as a hostname in our DNS, but no web server responds to the request, then it also redirects to a Google Search after timing out (which takes about 20 seconds). This is of course quite a long time to wait, but I think it is acceptable as if the word exists as a hostname in DNS you are most likely trying to access that web server and not search for the word.

 

I will continue to run on the this Edge Dev version with the feature enabled and let you know if i stumble upon anything unexpected. But I think it works as wished 🙂

 

Thank you for implementing this feature.