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It is possible to search using address bar and separate search bar, why not to join them?
by chaotic-good 12y ago
It is possible to search using address bar and separate search bar, why not to join them?
- nirvdrum 12y agoIn most (all?) browsers with a unified search bar, your search query may be confused with a URL and breaks your search. There's usually some syntax you can throw at the front to disambiguate, but I'd rather not have to think about whether my query is going to work or not -- especially with new TLDs rolling out all the time. I much appreciate the separate search bar as a result.
- gcb0 12y agobut for the browser owners*, every time your url is misinterpreted as a search they win search revenue.
- matmann2001 12y agoI guess not every browser is willing to sacrifice convenience for revenue.
- ponyous 12y agoIn classic Opera browser if you prefixed your search query with a letter it always searched with engine associated with the letter. For example: `g thisissearch.com` would be interpreted as Google search query, not url. I think this is good behaviour.
- nieve 12y agoThere are two different ways to do this in Firefox with no addons or weird configs: Open Preferences->Search->One-click Search Engines, make sure google is checked, double-click "google" in the keyword column, change it to just "g". If you want to keep the old "google" term or outright disable Google as a built-in search engine you can still add "g" as a keyword search. Go to Google, right click the search box, select "Add a Keyword for this Search..." and select "g" as your keyword. This works for search forms on most sites that aren't doing insane stuff with javascript or mandating a security token and it generally remembers other form settings as well.
- ponyous 12y agoYes, I have seen this. I couldn't play with it when I was at work. I definitely love this functionality.