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• Specialized search is making inroads. >>> !Bang https://duckduckgo.com/bang.html https://duckduckgo.com/bang.html Personally it's not really my thing, but a

by Vik1ng 12y ago

• Specialized search is making inroads. >>> !Bang https://duckduckgo.com/bang.html https://duckduckgo.com/bang.html Personally it's not really my thing, but a lot of users really seem to love this, especially when having DuckDuckGo as default search bar. --- And I agree OpenStreetMap will probably be a really big factor in the future. Especially considering how objects can be directly linked to Wikidata and other services.

dredmorbius 12y ago
OSM are also hitting Google via sites and API licensing and limitations. That's an increasing pain point.
untothebreach 12y ago
It really shines for me, since I have pentadactyl installed in my firefox. From the blank tab page, I can be searching github (or the python docs, or <insert one of the multitude of !searches here) with the following keystrokes: o !github language:python 'o' tells pentadactyl to go to a url. When I don't give it a URL it instead sends what I type to my default search engine. The funny thing is that unless I am actually searching DDG, I almost never see it. Sure you could do this by defining a whole bunch of search aliases, but it is more fun to think, "I wonder if I can search the Arch Wiki from here," type `o !arch some search`, and all of a sudden find yourself on the arch wiki search page.
- saidajigumi 12y ago
  That's a great UI synergy. Also, I had no idea Pentadactyl[1] existed. What an interesting plugin, thanks for bringing it up! [1] http://5digits.org/pentadactyl/ http://5digits.org/pentadactyl/
  - dredmorbius 12y ago
    Pentadactyl or vimperator. I can never remember which one is being currently developed. I mostly use vimperator on Firefox. Installed it as a total lark and found almost instantly that I loved it.
    - grn 12y ago
      There's also VimFx which is also actively developed.
    - untothebreach 12y ago
      Pentadactyl is the one currently being developed. I believe it was forked from vimperator when vimperator development stalled.

by Vik1ng 12y ago

dredmorbius 12y ago

OSM are also hitting Google via sites and API licensing and limitations. That's an increasing pain point.

untothebreach 12y ago

It really shines for me, since I have pentadactyl installed in my firefox. From the blank tab page, I can be searching github (or the python docs, or <insert one of the multitude of !searches here) with the following keystrokes: o !github language:python 'o' tells pentadactyl to go to a url. When I don't give it a URL it instead sends what I type to my default search engine. The funny thing is that unless I am actually searching DDG, I almost never see it. Sure you could do this by defining a whole bunch of search aliases, but it is more fun to think, "I wonder if I can search the Arch Wiki from here," type `o !arch some search`, and all of a sudden find yourself on the arch wiki search page.

saidajigumi 12y ago
That's a great UI synergy. Also, I had no idea Pentadactyl[1] existed. What an interesting plugin, thanks for bringing it up! [1] http://5digits.org/pentadactyl/ http://5digits.org/pentadactyl/
- dredmorbius 12y ago
  Pentadactyl or vimperator. I can never remember which one is being currently developed. I mostly use vimperator on Firefox. Installed it as a total lark and found almost instantly that I loved it.
  - grn 12y ago
    There's also VimFx which is also actively developed.
  - untothebreach 12y ago
    Pentadactyl is the one currently being developed. I believe it was forked from vimperator when vimperator development stalled.