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> This has always been possible. No. Starting 2-3 years you had to go through about:config to do this, such as detailed at https://www.reddit.com/r/FirefoxCSS

> This has always been possible. No. Starting 2-3 years you had to go through about:config to do this, such as detailed at https://www.reddit.com/r/FirefoxCSS/comments/qqkw5x/enabling_this_add_search_engine_option/hk1lzia/ https://www.reddit.com/r/FirefoxCSS/comments/qqkw5x/enabling... and https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/custom-search-engines-like-chrome/m-p/23916 https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/custom-search-eng... etc. Heaven knows what they were thinking when they made this option only available by the user adding an undocumented preference! I needed to do this on desktop linux a few months ago to use the AI-avoiding &udm=14 google tweak[0] 0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43002403 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43002403

altairprime 1y ago
You probably want &udm=14 and &tbs=li:1 instead of udm alone.
- ttctciyf 1y ago
  I see tbs=li:1 activates "verbatim". Duly applied, with thanks :)
  - altairprime 1y ago
    o7
wkat4242 1y ago
Well yes but the point was kinda moot because it was easily possible to add an opensearch provider and every self-respecting search engine supports that. Why wouldn't they? It makes it easy for users to adopt them and it's not hard, just some boilerplate code. So the URL entry box wasn't really needed for the main purpose. It's nice to use the feature to use with things that aren't literally search engines though. Or to tweak the URL. I wonder, is the AI avoidance thing very effective? Not that I use Google directly but still.. (I use SearXNG as meta search)
- ttctciyf 1y ago
  > is the AI avoidance thing very effective? Yes, it's just a way of going directly to google's "web" search instead of "all" so you don't get the AI summary and half a screen of assorted guff before the search results themselves. In that sense it's 100% effective.
  - wkat4242 1y ago
    Ahhh I see. I thought it was somehow trying to filter out AI generated sites in the web results. Which wouldn't be airtight of course. Now I understand, thanks!
    - ttctciyf 1y ago
      > filter out AI generated sites in the web results If only!

altairprime 1y ago

You probably want &udm=14 and &tbs=li:1 instead of udm alone.

ttctciyf 1y ago
I see tbs=li:1 activates "verbatim". Duly applied, with thanks :)
- altairprime 1y ago
  o7

wkat4242 1y ago

Well yes but the point was kinda moot because it was easily possible to add an opensearch provider and every self-respecting search engine supports that. Why wouldn't they? It makes it easy for users to adopt them and it's not hard, just some boilerplate code. So the URL entry box wasn't really needed for the main purpose. It's nice to use the feature to use with things that aren't literally search engines though. Or to tweak the URL. I wonder, is the AI avoidance thing very effective? Not that I use Google directly but still.. (I use SearXNG as meta search)

ttctciyf 1y ago
> is the AI avoidance thing very effective? Yes, it's just a way of going directly to google's "web" search instead of "all" so you don't get the AI summary and half a screen of assorted guff before the search results themselves. In that sense it's 100% effective.
- wkat4242 1y ago
  Ahhh I see. I thought it was somehow trying to filter out AI generated sites in the web results. Which wouldn't be airtight of course. Now I understand, thanks!
  - ttctciyf 1y ago
    > filter out AI generated sites in the web results If only!