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But it's already set up for you in DDG, so why not use it? Aside from the fact it's another HTTP request, but these days on the majority of computers and conne
by fooqux 3y ago
But it's already set up for you in DDG, so why not use it?
Aside from the fact it's another HTTP request, but these days on the majority of computers and connections, that's a trivial thing.
I'll add that !aw to search the Arch Wiki and !aur to search the AUR are my two most favorite commands.
- plugin-baby 3y ago> Aside from the fact it's another HTTP request You’d think DDG could avoid this via JavaScript if they wanted to. Might be better for privacy, if not for their usage stats.
- AdmiralAsshat 3y ago> But it's already set up for you in DDG, so why not use it? Because if I wanna search Reddit, I'd prefer to have '!r' search directly within Reddit and not litter my browser history with tons of duckduckgo entries like this: https://duckduckgo.com/l/?uddg=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dkobo&rut=a7f75aa6f1d891d12067590995ac4cec77267fe4a9cd1d2aa7ed0f3eb96d1da5 https://duckduckgo.com/l/?uddg=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%...
- dingnuts 3y agoweird example considering just how bad Reddit's internal search is and always has been -- that's a site I've always preferred to search with an external search engine, be it Google, DDG, or Kagi lol doesn't hurt to have options! to each his own
- AdmiralAsshat 3y agoBest example I could come up with on-the-spot, because I already swapped out Google, Amazon, and Wikipedia on my Firefox install for native search engines, and needed to quickly generate search results from a DDG bang so I could show the accompanying history page. :P