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Safari and Firefox does not allow other search engines also. For Chrome/Edge I have added a lot of small shortcuts for IMDB, post tracking codes, geoip and man

by sccxy 3y ago

Safari and Firefox does not allow other search engines also. For Chrome/Edge I have added a lot of small shortcuts for IMDB, post tracking codes, geoip and many more "not search" things to search bar. Just keyword and %s in search url is needed.

aragilar 3y ago
Wait, what? There's OpenSearch and web extensions which let you add more search engines (removing builtin ones is harder though).
- sccxy 3y ago
  Ok, then tell me how to add search engine to Safari iOS/Desktop and Firefox Desktop without building and downloading extra extensions. Search url: https://api.hackertarget.com/geoip/?q=%s https://api.hackertarget.com/geoip/?q=%s
  - metaphor 3y ago
    For Firefox Desktop, just create a bookmark with your search URL and assign a keyword to it, e.g. URL: https://api.hackertarget.com/geoip/?q=%s Keyword: @geoip ...then Alt+D and queue off the keyword directly from address bar.
    - sccxy 3y ago
      Okay, it is possible. But firefox UX is the greatest. You must use bookmarks to config search. And now I have many nonsense bookmarks because I want to use them as search
      - morsch 3y ago
        The UI is weird, that said, the feature goes back 20 years, see e.g. http://johnbokma.com/firefox/keymarks-explained/comments.html http://johnbokma.com/firefox/keymarks-explained/comments.htm... I wonder if it existed all the way back in a version of Netscape Navigator? On Firefox Android, you can also just go to into settings, search, manage search engines, + add search engine. So, basically, exactly where you would expect it. I think on desktop it's just as easy? Can't you just right click on most submit forms?
        sccxy 3y ago
        > On Firefox Android, you can also just go to into settings, search, manage search engines, + add search engine. So, basically, exactly where you would expect it. I would expect same in Desktop also. But in Desktop you have to add bookmarks to manage extra search settings. If Mozilla is pissing other browsers all the time then why they do not fix it. Googles money does not allow easier search settings?
        metaphor 3y ago
        It's obvious you're not just seeking feature parity...you're being a contrarian for its own sake. Keyword bookmarks have been a thing in Firefox since 1.0.x days and well before Chrome was officially released. It's an opinionated implementation that lives today as ~2 decades of deeply engrained tech debt. How do you even come off expecting Mozilla to operate at the same level as Google and its $1.7+ trillion market cap?? The level of entitlement in your remarks is simply beyond absurd.
voltaireodactyl 3y ago
Just for the record, you can absolutely change the default search engine in Safari and Firefox. I use kagi in both, so bangs are supported everywhere.
- sccxy 3y ago
  Firefox for iOS supports keyword and %s url scheme for search engines. I am not sure why extensions are needed in desktop. You can change default search engine, but you cannot add extra search engines in Safari without building your own extension (and paying apple for it)
  - Macha 3y ago
    > Firefox for iOS supports keyword and %s url scheme for search engines. I am not sure why extensions are needed in desktop. So does Firefox desktop...? Extensions aren't needed, just right click on a search field and add it. You can customise placeholders and keywords too
    - sccxy 3y ago
      It just creates messy bookmarks. Greatest UX for search...
      - Macha 3y ago
        https://superuser.com/questions/7327/how-to-add-a-custom-search-engine-to-firefox https://superuser.com/questions/7327/how-to-add-a-custom-sea... The resulting search shows up in the search UI, whether you have firefox configured for a seperate search bar or have their default of the address bar also being the search bar. This is the same as the extension method. If your complaint is that they also show up in bookmarks, then ehh, whatever. Most people either don't use bookmarks or have a giant dumping pile. If you're one of the 1% that organizes them, just put all your search bookmarks in their own folder.
  - ginko 3y ago
    >I am not sure why extensions are needed in desktop. They aren't. Why do you claim things that aren't true?
neogodless 3y ago
Parent is talking about MacOS, not iOS.

by sccxy 3y ago

aragilar 3y ago

Wait, what? There's OpenSearch and web extensions which let you add more search engines (removing builtin ones is harder though).

sccxy 3y ago
Ok, then tell me how to add search engine to Safari iOS/Desktop and Firefox Desktop without building and downloading extra extensions. Search url: https://api.hackertarget.com/geoip/?q=%s https://api.hackertarget.com/geoip/?q=%s
- metaphor 3y ago
  For Firefox Desktop, just create a bookmark with your search URL and assign a keyword to it, e.g. URL: https://api.hackertarget.com/geoip/?q=%s Keyword: @geoip ...then Alt+D and queue off the keyword directly from address bar.
  - sccxy 3y ago
    Okay, it is possible. But firefox UX is the greatest. You must use bookmarks to config search. And now I have many nonsense bookmarks because I want to use them as search
    - morsch 3y ago
      The UI is weird, that said, the feature goes back 20 years, see e.g. http://johnbokma.com/firefox/keymarks-explained/comments.html http://johnbokma.com/firefox/keymarks-explained/comments.htm... I wonder if it existed all the way back in a version of Netscape Navigator? On Firefox Android, you can also just go to into settings, search, manage search engines, + add search engine. So, basically, exactly where you would expect it. I think on desktop it's just as easy? Can't you just right click on most submit forms?
      - sccxy 3y ago
        > On Firefox Android, you can also just go to into settings, search, manage search engines, + add search engine. So, basically, exactly where you would expect it. I would expect same in Desktop also. But in Desktop you have to add bookmarks to manage extra search settings. If Mozilla is pissing other browsers all the time then why they do not fix it. Googles money does not allow easier search settings?
        metaphor 3y ago
        It's obvious you're not just seeking feature parity...you're being a contrarian for its own sake. Keyword bookmarks have been a thing in Firefox since 1.0.x days and well before Chrome was officially released. It's an opinionated implementation that lives today as ~2 decades of deeply engrained tech debt. How do you even come off expecting Mozilla to operate at the same level as Google and its $1.7+ trillion market cap?? The level of entitlement in your remarks is simply beyond absurd.

voltaireodactyl 3y ago

Just for the record, you can absolutely change the default search engine in Safari and Firefox. I use kagi in both, so bangs are supported everywhere.

sccxy 3y ago
Firefox for iOS supports keyword and %s url scheme for search engines. I am not sure why extensions are needed in desktop. You can change default search engine, but you cannot add extra search engines in Safari without building your own extension (and paying apple for it)
- Macha 3y ago
  > Firefox for iOS supports keyword and %s url scheme for search engines. I am not sure why extensions are needed in desktop. So does Firefox desktop...? Extensions aren't needed, just right click on a search field and add it. You can customise placeholders and keywords too
  - sccxy 3y ago
    It just creates messy bookmarks. Greatest UX for search...
    - Macha 3y ago
      https://superuser.com/questions/7327/how-to-add-a-custom-search-engine-to-firefox https://superuser.com/questions/7327/how-to-add-a-custom-sea... The resulting search shows up in the search UI, whether you have firefox configured for a seperate search bar or have their default of the address bar also being the search bar. This is the same as the extension method. If your complaint is that they also show up in bookmarks, then ehh, whatever. Most people either don't use bookmarks or have a giant dumping pile. If you're one of the 1% that organizes them, just put all your search bookmarks in their own folder.
- ginko 3y ago
  >I am not sure why extensions are needed in desktop. They aren't. Why do you claim things that aren't true?

neogodless 3y ago

Parent is talking about MacOS, not iOS.