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I like bangs because they can be used from the address bar of any browser. That couldn't be done with checkboxes.
by leereeves 8y ago
I like bangs because they can be used from the address bar of any browser. That couldn't be done with checkboxes.
- have_faith 8y agoIt's a good point. But I don't suggest removing them as I mentioned they are great for power users. I just think the functionality could be extended to users who are not used to text based interfaces like we are.
- wodenokoto 8y agoLike the Firefox search bar? https://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/Mozilla_Firefox_New_Search_UI.png https://media.askvg.com/articles/images5/Mozilla_Firefox_New...
- sigotirandolas 8y agoBang syntax is super convenient for mobile browsers as well, in a way that nothing short of in-browser integration can replace. For example, AFAIK Safari for iOS can’t use custom search keywords, but you can set up DDG as the search engine and make accessing a lot of websites (e.g. Wikipedia, Google Translate, Wordreference, Google, Pubmed) a lot faster.