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Chromium based browsers also have a similar feature under the "Manage Search Engines" settings (Took me a while to find this after I switched to Firefox) I per

Chromium based browsers also have a similar feature under the "Manage Search Engines" settings (Took me a while to find this after I switched to Firefox) I personally use short keywords like "ccc Lego" to search CamelCamelCamel or "e Razer" to search eBay One thing Firefox does make trickier is that it doesn't make clear you're searching your custom search engine. Chromium recognizes my "ccc", so once I hit space it replaces it with "Search CamelCamelCamel: Lego". Firefox just leaves the bar "ccc Lego", makes it tricky to know if it recognized it.

soheilpro 5y ago
Alfred (on macOS) makes this even easier and browser-agnostic: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/web-search/ https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/web-search/
JonathonW 5y ago
Current Firefox also has keyword search for installed search engines-- this gives a UI similar to Chrome (where the keyword gets replaced by the search engine name after you hit space) as well as search suggestions for search engines that support it. You can change the keywords in Firefox preferences, under Search Shortcuts on the Search tab. What's a little unclear about this feature is how you add new search engines to this list-- since there's more functionality here than old-style bookmark keywords, it's not just a matter of right-clicking in a search field or pasting in a URL with a placeholder in it. On supported sites, click the location bar-- at the bottom of the dropdown, you'll see a "This time, search with:" entry with icons for each of your installed search engines, and, if the site supports search, an additional icon with a green "+". Click that to add the search engine, then set your keyword of choice in Preferences.
jiehong 5y ago
> One thing Firefox does make trickier is that it doesn't make clear you're searching your custom search engine That's true, and an extension helps actually making those behave like real search engines: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/add-custom-search-engine/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=search https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/add-custom-se...

soheilpro 5y ago

Alfred (on macOS) makes this even easier and browser-agnostic: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/web-search/ https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/web-search/

JonathonW 5y ago

Current Firefox also has keyword search for installed search engines-- this gives a UI similar to Chrome (where the keyword gets replaced by the search engine name after you hit space) as well as search suggestions for search engines that support it. You can change the keywords in Firefox preferences, under Search Shortcuts on the Search tab. What's a little unclear about this feature is how you add new search engines to this list-- since there's more functionality here than old-style bookmark keywords, it's not just a matter of right-clicking in a search field or pasting in a URL with a placeholder in it. On supported sites, click the location bar-- at the bottom of the dropdown, you'll see a "This time, search with:" entry with icons for each of your installed search engines, and, if the site supports search, an additional icon with a green "+". Click that to add the search engine, then set your keyword of choice in Preferences.

jiehong 5y ago

> One thing Firefox does make trickier is that it doesn't make clear you're searching your custom search engine That's true, and an extension helps actually making those behave like real search engines: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/add-custom-search-engine/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=search https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/add-custom-se...