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Yes, and if you're using Firefox, you can this with the knowledge of its Smart Keywords to create super quick shortcuts! https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/h

Yes, and if you're using Firefox, you can this with the knowledge of its Smart Keywords to create super quick shortcuts! https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-search-from-address-bar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-search-from-address... For example, I directly go to Wikipedia's page on "India " by typing wp India in my address bar using these search keywords, or search images of birds on google by typing gi birds in it. (There's a rather cumbersome way to do the same in Chrome as well)

notzorbo3 10y ago
It's not that cumbersome in Chrome. Right click the URL bar -> "Edit search engines" -> Find the search engine you'd like to easily search, double click the second column and enter a keyword for it. For example, for wikipedia, I have "wp" as a keyword. In the URL bar, you can just type "wp<tab>" and you can search wikipedia.
- notatoad 10y ago
  you don't even have to do any configuration. after you've used a search box that's correctly formatted (like wikipedia's is) chrome automatically offers you the option to "press tab to search" when you start typing that's site's url.
  - Ajedi32 10y ago
    Yep, I use this feature all the time and I think there's only ever been one or two sites I've had to set it up for manually. For most sites, Ctrl+T <First 2-3 Letters of Site Name> <Tab> <Search Query> <Enter> works just fine without me having to configure anything.
- MiddleEndian 10y ago
  The level of customization offered in Firefox is a nice benefit though, as you can add a wildcard to any portion of a URL. I have some specific shortcuts like wdir (walking directions from my home address) and some shortcuts that allow me to quickly jump to subsections of specific sites.
- zer0t3ch 10y ago
  You don't even need to use the tab key. It automatically works for me just from pressing space after the keyword in Chrome. In the end, the usage is identical to FF.
Vinnl 10y ago
Set DuckDuckGo as your default search engine and you don't even need to do any configuring. You can then just type `!wiki India` or `!gi birds` or any other !bang: https://duckduckgo.com/bang https://duckduckgo.com/bang
- shezi 10y ago
  I've tried that, and while it is nice and useable it is also significantly slower, going through DDG for one more complete roundtrip, than it is going directly to a URL you already know.
roddux 10y ago
I've had one of these for YouTube for years, really excellent feature. Opening a new tab with yt <songname> is such a habit now.
- piyush_soni 10y ago
  Exactly the same for me!

notzorbo3 10y ago

It's not that cumbersome in Chrome. Right click the URL bar -> "Edit search engines" -> Find the search engine you'd like to easily search, double click the second column and enter a keyword for it. For example, for wikipedia, I have "wp" as a keyword. In the URL bar, you can just type "wp<tab>" and you can search wikipedia.

notatoad 10y ago
you don't even have to do any configuration. after you've used a search box that's correctly formatted (like wikipedia's is) chrome automatically offers you the option to "press tab to search" when you start typing that's site's url.
- Ajedi32 10y ago
  Yep, I use this feature all the time and I think there's only ever been one or two sites I've had to set it up for manually. For most sites, Ctrl+T <First 2-3 Letters of Site Name> <Tab> <Search Query> <Enter> works just fine without me having to configure anything.
MiddleEndian 10y ago
The level of customization offered in Firefox is a nice benefit though, as you can add a wildcard to any portion of a URL. I have some specific shortcuts like wdir (walking directions from my home address) and some shortcuts that allow me to quickly jump to subsections of specific sites.
zer0t3ch 10y ago
You don't even need to use the tab key. It automatically works for me just from pressing space after the keyword in Chrome. In the end, the usage is identical to FF.

Vinnl 10y ago

Set DuckDuckGo as your default search engine and you don't even need to do any configuring. You can then just type `!wiki India` or `!gi birds` or any other !bang: https://duckduckgo.com/bang https://duckduckgo.com/bang

shezi 10y ago
I've tried that, and while it is nice and useable it is also significantly slower, going through DDG for one more complete roundtrip, than it is going directly to a URL you already know.

roddux 10y ago

I've had one of these for YouTube for years, really excellent feature. Opening a new tab with yt <songname> is such a habit now.

piyush_soni 10y ago
Exactly the same for me!