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JFYI, there's no need to install anything. Focus on a search field on (almost any) website, open the context menu, and "Add a keyword for this search". Put a le

JFYI, there's no need to install anything. Focus on a search field on (almost any) website, open the context menu, and "Add a keyword for this search". Put a letter or two into the "keyword" input. Profit.

input_sh 7y ago
As someone hearing about this for the first time, are custom searches portable? Do they sync with Firefox Sync? Do they work on Firefox for Android?
- maverick2007 7y ago
  I'd also like to know this. Been using Firefox mobile but chrome on PC and syncing custom search operators could be what gets me to switch back to FF on PC
- avian 7y ago
  > Do they sync with Firefox Sync? No. > Do they work on Firefox for Android? Yes.
  - severine 7y ago
    I think akvadrako above[1] has it right, they appeared on my mobile phone on sync, as they are bookmarks. Again, I think, I'm not sure ;) [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22115461 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22115461
    - avian 7y ago
      There are two things being confused here. I was thinking about OpenSearch custom search engines (being deprecated apparently as another comment notes, these appear on desktop as icons under the search input field "This time search with" and similarly in Android as icons above the on-screen keyboard. These definitely don't sync. The other thing are bookmarks with the "keyword" property set. These do indeed sync, like other bookmarks.
- akvadrako 7y ago
  You can manually create custom searches as regular bookmarks with a keyword so they should sync.
heavyset_go 7y ago
Mozilla is deprecating OpenSearch support in Firefox[1] at some point. The OpenSearch standard is what provides this functionality. [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/10/15/search-engine-add-ons-to-be-removed-from-addons-mozilla-org/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/10/15/search-engine-add...
- catalogia 7y ago
  What the fuck.. Mozilla is really hell bent in this war on their own users aren't they? Does this mean I'll have to install an extension to replace each search keyword I have? That would be dozens of extensions, many of them for obscure niche websites.
  - akvadrako 7y ago
    No need for an extension, you can still set bookmarks that search with keywords. It just won’t automatically create the URL pattern the site suggests.
    - rbinv 7y ago
      Not quite the same as entering "red" and hitting tab in order to search reddit, for example.
  - heavyset_go 7y ago
    Take a look at my response to my original post, I was wrong about keyword searches via bookmarks being deprecated. OpenSearch doesn't provide that functionality.
- franga2000 7y ago
  That article is only about OpenSearch addons from addons.mozilla.org. While I don't see a good reason to remove them, I also don't see a good reason to keep them. The OpenSearch discovery feature is staying and I haven't heard of any efforts to remove it. Or am I missing something?
diffeomorphism 7y ago
That still means I have to set this all up for all the sites I want, which is a hassle. The convenient thing about ddg is that it comes with a large number already setup out of the box.

input_sh 7y ago

As someone hearing about this for the first time, are custom searches portable? Do they sync with Firefox Sync? Do they work on Firefox for Android?

maverick2007 7y ago
I'd also like to know this. Been using Firefox mobile but chrome on PC and syncing custom search operators could be what gets me to switch back to FF on PC
avian 7y ago
> Do they sync with Firefox Sync? No. > Do they work on Firefox for Android? Yes.
- severine 7y ago
  I think akvadrako above[1] has it right, they appeared on my mobile phone on sync, as they are bookmarks. Again, I think, I'm not sure ;) [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22115461 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22115461
  - avian 7y ago
    There are two things being confused here. I was thinking about OpenSearch custom search engines (being deprecated apparently as another comment notes, these appear on desktop as icons under the search input field "This time search with" and similarly in Android as icons above the on-screen keyboard. These definitely don't sync. The other thing are bookmarks with the "keyword" property set. These do indeed sync, like other bookmarks.
akvadrako 7y ago
You can manually create custom searches as regular bookmarks with a keyword so they should sync.

heavyset_go 7y ago

Mozilla is deprecating OpenSearch support in Firefox[1] at some point. The OpenSearch standard is what provides this functionality. [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/10/15/search-engine-add-ons-to-be-removed-from-addons-mozilla-org/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/10/15/search-engine-add...

catalogia 7y ago
What the fuck.. Mozilla is really hell bent in this war on their own users aren't they? Does this mean I'll have to install an extension to replace each search keyword I have? That would be dozens of extensions, many of them for obscure niche websites.
- akvadrako 7y ago
  No need for an extension, you can still set bookmarks that search with keywords. It just won’t automatically create the URL pattern the site suggests.
  - rbinv 7y ago
    Not quite the same as entering "red" and hitting tab in order to search reddit, for example.
- heavyset_go 7y ago
  Take a look at my response to my original post, I was wrong about keyword searches via bookmarks being deprecated. OpenSearch doesn't provide that functionality.
franga2000 7y ago
That article is only about OpenSearch addons from addons.mozilla.org. While I don't see a good reason to remove them, I also don't see a good reason to keep them. The OpenSearch discovery feature is staying and I haven't heard of any efforts to remove it. Or am I missing something?

diffeomorphism 7y ago

That still means I have to set this all up for all the sites I want, which is a hassle. The convenient thing about ddg is that it comes with a large number already setup out of the box.