> Chrome exists in large part to put a search engine front and center, which Fisher describes to me as like “a brick wall” for all kinds of browser innovation.

> Chrome exists in large part to put a search engine front and center, which Fisher describes to me as like “a brick wall” for all kinds of browser innovation. Chrome used to have this tab-to-search feature. When you visited a website like HN, it would use OpenSearch[1] to check whether it had a search engine, and then show "tab to search" in the address bar. That always seemed to me like a sign that the chrome team was working independently to make a great browser, even when that meant supporting other search engines. But today, you have to set this up manually in the settings. [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/OpenSearch https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/OpenSearch