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I really like Kagi and this is probably Apple’s fault but the requirement to install a safari extension which then hijacks your default search is very janky and
by atonse 3y ago
I really like Kagi and this is probably Apple’s fault but the requirement to install a safari extension which then hijacks your default search is very janky and is my #1 complaint.
Any reason it can’t just be added as a search engine?
- louis-lau 3y agoYou're right, it's not possible to set a custom search engine on safari. An extension is the only way. Blame apple :)
- atonse 3y agoInsanity. There used to be some kind of opensearch type thing even in Safari years ago. I guess they took it away. Ridiculous.
- cute_boi 3y agoProbably the reason why google pay so much to them. This is so insane....
- lolinder 3y agoIt's pretty bad, but to be clear, it's not that you can't pick anything other than the default, it's that you are given a tiny selection of the biggest players and have to choose from them. Other browsers allow you to specify an arbitrary URL for it to inject the query string into.
- atonse 3y agoI think Safari used to allow this. Or maybe they didn't, because I used to use something like this years ago and maybe that was when I was using chrome. Does anyone remember if Safari had this?
- Teever 3y agoDamn, that's something that needs to be regulated.
- StopHammoTime 3y agoYou hit the nail on the head - Apple does not allow the addition of custom search engines at this time.
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- kelnos 3y agoEven on other browsers, you need an extension if you want search in private browsing mode to work, since the private tabs/windows don't have access to your Kagi signin cookie. I generally just use DuckDuckGo when I open a private window, though, to avoid needing another extension.
- zzyzxd 3y agoisn't that a feature? kagi search requires sign-in, so it's not private and should not be used in a private browsing session.
- culopatin 3y agoHave you tried their browser Orion? I can barely tell I’m in a different browser.
- galleywest200 3y agoI love Orion. My only complaint is the way that the address bar disappears when scrolling is a bit jarring, the animation seems too fast.
- biglyburrito 3y agoI have both Orion and Vivaldi instead for this reason. If Orion ends up being too janky, I fall back to Vivaldi. https://kagi.com/orion/ https://kagi.com/orion/ https://vivaldi.com/ https://vivaldi.com/