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> Being able to just type in the random things you remember from a url / title (I think it combines them) and have FF narrow down the alternatives, -fast, is so

by _yy 11y ago

> Being able to just type in the random things you remember from a url / title (I think it combines them) and have FF narrow down the alternatives, -fast, is something I haven't found in any other mainstream browser. Chrome has exactly the same feature. You can disable Google Instant, too, but it's actually a really useful feature.

reitanqild 11y ago
Common misconception I guess[0]: Chromes version is not the same. (Unless I am seriously wrong.) Try to type new com <part of title of something you read on hn today> to test. On FF and PM this just works but on Chrome I still don't think it works. [0]: which might explain why not everyone is using the better browser :-P
- ino 11y ago
  That has always worked for me on Chrome. On the other hand, chrome lets me use the websites own search without setting up anything. For example: you [tab] searches on youtube. news [tab] searches hn. I've never set it up and works with almost every site I've performed a search on.
  - mcintyre1994 11y ago
    Does "new com webex" work for you in Chrome? It won't offer anything but a Google search for me. On Firefox it'll either offer to switch tab to here if it's still open or it'll find this in history. I agree Chrome's site search thing is awesome, but how did you teach it to use the new HN one? EDIT: Chrome settings -> manage search engines. Very impressed with the list of those it's stored automatically. Point stands that it doesn't seem to relearn though when one changes.
    - ino 11y ago
      yes it does: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ku9zzet28pzjcc9/Screenshot%202015-08-27%2009.06.06.PNG?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ku9zzet28pzjcc9/Screenshot%202015-...
- efdee 11y ago
  That works for me on Chrome. The misconception might be on your side ;-)
- joshuacc 11y ago
  Just tried it in Chrome and it has the exact same behavior as FireFox.
  - borgbean 11y ago
    When I do this in chrome, it opens a new instance of the page. In Firefox, it switches to the tab you're searching for.

by _yy 11y ago

reitanqild 11y ago

Common misconception I guess[0]: Chromes version is not the same. (Unless I am seriously wrong.) Try to type new com <part of title of something you read on hn today> to test. On FF and PM this just works but on Chrome I still don't think it works. [0]: which might explain why not everyone is using the better browser :-P

ino 11y ago
That has always worked for me on Chrome. On the other hand, chrome lets me use the websites own search without setting up anything. For example: you [tab] searches on youtube. news [tab] searches hn. I've never set it up and works with almost every site I've performed a search on.
- mcintyre1994 11y ago
  Does "new com webex" work for you in Chrome? It won't offer anything but a Google search for me. On Firefox it'll either offer to switch tab to here if it's still open or it'll find this in history. I agree Chrome's site search thing is awesome, but how did you teach it to use the new HN one? EDIT: Chrome settings -> manage search engines. Very impressed with the list of those it's stored automatically. Point stands that it doesn't seem to relearn though when one changes.
  - ino 11y ago
    yes it does: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ku9zzet28pzjcc9/Screenshot%202015-08-27%2009.06.06.PNG?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ku9zzet28pzjcc9/Screenshot%202015-...
efdee 11y ago
That works for me on Chrome. The misconception might be on your side ;-)
joshuacc 11y ago
Just tried it in Chrome and it has the exact same behavior as FireFox.
- borgbean 11y ago
  When I do this in chrome, it opens a new instance of the page. In Firefox, it switches to the tab you're searching for.