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Seems quite fast, good UX overall. I like that it gives me information like "all results from Brave" so that if they do fall back I know about it. DDG has a 'b

Seems quite fast, good UX overall. I like that it gives me information like "all results from Brave" so that if they do fall back I know about it. DDG has a 'bang syntax' where I can do things like '!rust' to start searching the rust docs from my url - I like that a lot, I wonder if there's anything similar here or if I could work around that somehow.

schmorptron 5y ago
They already do, at least partially. Adding !g to the end of a search redirects to google.
jonathansampson 5y ago
Update: We do support !rust as well (and all of DDG's other bangs). Brave Search supports many shebangs, but I don't believe we've added support for `!rust` yet (we do have `!mdn` and `!so` though). I'll submit a request to add a `!rust` option too!
- rhizome 5y ago
  "Shebangs" have been defined as '#!' for decades, I'd suggest they not be redefined.
  - smoldesu 5y ago
    Shebang specifically refers to using an exclamation point to define where data should be directed. Same as it is in Bash scripts, just a different context and slightly different syntax.
    - morelisp 5y ago
      The "she" is specifically a phonetic clipping of the "#", otherwise it's just a bang - but oh well, even jargon doesn't mean shit anymore.
      - detaro 5y ago
        DDG generally calls them "bangs": https://duckduckgo.com/bang https://duckduckgo.com/bang
    - surround 5y ago
      > In computing, a shebang is the character sequence consisting of the characters number sign and exclamation mark (#!) at the beginning of a script. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix) The word "shebang" has different uses outside of computing, but I can't find any use of the word that refers to a ! without a #
      - x4e 5y ago
        Note the (Unix) part of the Wikipedia URL. This is an entirely different context.
        surround 5y ago
        So in which context does "shebang" refer to a ! without a # ? I can't find any definition like that online.
    - staticassertion 5y ago
      Here I had assumed it was a Ricky Martin reference.
- staticassertion 5y ago
  Very cool - good to know.
- staticassertion 5y ago
  > Update: We do support !rust as well (and all of DDG's other bangs). damn, alright, you got me. I'll try it out as default for a while
- cocoafleck 5y ago
  You don't seem to support the !ddg, and !duckduckgo bangs. See https://search.brave.com/search?q=!ddg+test https://search.brave.com/search?q=!ddg+test nor do you support bangs in the middle of queries such as https://search.brave.com/search?q=example+!rust+example https://search.brave.com/search?q=example+!rust+example

schmorptron 5y ago

They already do, at least partially. Adding !g to the end of a search redirects to google.

jonathansampson 5y ago

Update: We do support !rust as well (and all of DDG's other bangs). Brave Search supports many shebangs, but I don't believe we've added support for `!rust` yet (we do have `!mdn` and `!so` though). I'll submit a request to add a `!rust` option too!

rhizome 5y ago
"Shebangs" have been defined as '#!' for decades, I'd suggest they not be redefined.
- smoldesu 5y ago
  Shebang specifically refers to using an exclamation point to define where data should be directed. Same as it is in Bash scripts, just a different context and slightly different syntax.
  - morelisp 5y ago
    The "she" is specifically a phonetic clipping of the "#", otherwise it's just a bang - but oh well, even jargon doesn't mean shit anymore.
    - detaro 5y ago
      DDG generally calls them "bangs": https://duckduckgo.com/bang https://duckduckgo.com/bang
  - surround 5y ago
    > In computing, a shebang is the character sequence consisting of the characters number sign and exclamation mark (#!) at the beginning of a script. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix) The word "shebang" has different uses outside of computing, but I can't find any use of the word that refers to a ! without a #
    - x4e 5y ago
      Note the (Unix) part of the Wikipedia URL. This is an entirely different context.
      - surround 5y ago
        So in which context does "shebang" refer to a ! without a # ? I can't find any definition like that online.
  - staticassertion 5y ago
    Here I had assumed it was a Ricky Martin reference.
staticassertion 5y ago
Very cool - good to know.
staticassertion 5y ago
> Update: We do support !rust as well (and all of DDG's other bangs). damn, alright, you got me. I'll try it out as default for a while
cocoafleck 5y ago
You don't seem to support the !ddg, and !duckduckgo bangs. See https://search.brave.com/search?q=!ddg+test https://search.brave.com/search?q=!ddg+test nor do you support bangs in the middle of queries such as https://search.brave.com/search?q=example+!rust+example https://search.brave.com/search?q=example+!rust+example