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One of the big advantages of DDG's bangs is that you don't have to re-type/paste the whole search query. Instead, you click the search bar in DDG, type `<space>
by mkdirp 5y ago
One of the big advantages of DDG's bangs is that you don't have to re-type/paste the whole search query. Instead, you click the search bar in DDG, type `<space>!g<enter>`. That's vastly simpler and faster than re-typing the query, then `<space>!g<enter>`.
One of the thing that I miss from Chrome from a while ago is the integration with Google. I remember that Chrome would show the query in the omnibar (on mobile anyway) when doing a search on Google. So if you needed to make changes to the query, you can continue doing so within the omnibar.
I think if we can get something like that Chrome feature in Firefox but for DDG (or maybe any search engine?), using Firefox's smart keywords feature would be a lot simpler, and you can bypass the extra request to DDG that it would otherwise take.
- lub 5y ago> One of the big advantages of DDG's bangs is that you don't have to re-type/paste the whole search query. Instead, you click the search bar in DDG, type `<space>!g<enter>`. That's vastly simpler and faster than re-typing the query, then `<space>!g<enter>`. At least in Firefox you can also re-enable the search box and just use that. It's even accessible via it's own shortcut (ctrl+k).
- mkdirp 5y agoDidn't actually think of that. I'd forgotten that was an option, however, I've never liked the separate search box. It just feels like a waste of space. I don't want to think about whether I should press Ctrl+L or Ctrl+K. Half of the time I don't yet know whether I want to search or go to a site.
- timvisee 5y agoAlong with that, they're a bit smarter. If you set a search period (last week), the !g bang will pass it along to Google. Also, you can use just a `!` for Im Feeling Ducky, to visit the first result.
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