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o.o it's intuitive imo. !g - google, !yf - yahoo finance, !cb - crunchbase, !news - google news, !yt - youtube. Sometimes I just try an abbreviation that makes

o.o it's intuitive imo. !g - google, !yf - yahoo finance, !cb - crunchbase, !news - google news, !yt - youtube. Sometimes I just try an abbreviation that makes sense and lo I'm correct. Plus I make ddg my default browser so I do just go to the address bar put `!yt cats` and get youtube cat videos.

Nadya 11y ago
Sometimes it's about wanting a trivially shorter keyword. !h searches Hoogle; I would prefer it to search Hacker News. To search Hacker News I have to use !hnsearch or !hn !hn isn't much larger than !h but is still something I would prefer to set myself. !m goes to Google Maps but I would prefer to use another map service. I could use !mapquest but would rather it just be !m !sd goes to Slickdeals instead of Science Daily (which is !sciencedaily , talk about lengthy) E: I just compared my keywords and then searched the DDG Bang list for where I would be taken if I had used DDG instead of ones I set myself. E: >Plus I make ddg my default browser so I do just go to the address bar put `!yt cats` and get youtube cat videos. I just type "y cats" and get youtube cat videos. ;)
- ahrs 11y ago
  >!h searches Hoogle; I would prefer it to search Hacker News. To search Hacker News I have to use !hnsearch or !hn >!hn isn't much larger than !h but is still something I would prefer to set myself. >!m goes to Google Maps but I would prefer to use another map service. I could use !mapquest but would rather it just be !m >!sd goes to Slickdeals instead of Science Daily (which is !sciencedaily , talk about lengthy) It sounds like this is a prime use case for text shortcuts such as those built into OS X or Textexpander etc… Just create a shortcut to transform '!h' to '!hn' or '!sd' to '!sciencedaily'.
  - Nadya 11y ago
    Or it's a prime reason to use keywords, a functionality built into modern browsers, such that I only need to type "sd" to search Science Daily. http://www-archive.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/keywords.html http://www-archive.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/keywords.html
    - bhauer 11y ago
      Thank you for singing the praises of bookmark keywords, which are apparently a long-lost and forgotten feature to many people. I love all of mine, and it sounds like you've created a great library of your own. Good thing neither of us have to agree on what keywords to use.
      - Nadya 11y ago
        I blow some people's minds when I tell them about tab groups (ctrl+shift+e) in Firefox. >Good thing neither of us have to agree on what keywords to use. Precisely! :)
        bhauer 11y ago
        > I blow some people's minds when I tell them about tab groups (ctrl+shift+e) in Firefox. What do they think that icon to the right of the tabs is? Just some bit of abstract art? :)
        Nadya 11y ago
        I have a heavily customized userChrome.css - none of Firefox's Chrome UI is exposed to me. The only UI I see are the few context menu options I left and tab groups (if you can consider that FF UI) It's a lot like Pressing F11 without the issues that arise when using Full Screen browsing.
- BuckRogers 11y ago
  DDG bangs can be used anywhere in the string. I use them at the end so if I want to try another source I can just update "searchingthis !mq" with "searchingthis !gm". No need to go to the front of the query and update the keyword there. Also, you don't have to configure anything. DDG bangs are intuitive. I find myself searching sites I wouldn't have otherwise.

Nadya 11y ago

Sometimes it's about wanting a trivially shorter keyword. !h searches Hoogle; I would prefer it to search Hacker News. To search Hacker News I have to use !hnsearch or !hn !hn isn't much larger than !h but is still something I would prefer to set myself. !m goes to Google Maps but I would prefer to use another map service. I could use !mapquest but would rather it just be !m !sd goes to Slickdeals instead of Science Daily (which is !sciencedaily , talk about lengthy) E: I just compared my keywords and then searched the DDG Bang list for where I would be taken if I had used DDG instead of ones I set myself. E: >Plus I make ddg my default browser so I do just go to the address bar put `!yt cats` and get youtube cat videos. I just type "y cats" and get youtube cat videos. ;)

ahrs 11y ago
>!h searches Hoogle; I would prefer it to search Hacker News. To search Hacker News I have to use !hnsearch or !hn >!hn isn't much larger than !h but is still something I would prefer to set myself. >!m goes to Google Maps but I would prefer to use another map service. I could use !mapquest but would rather it just be !m >!sd goes to Slickdeals instead of Science Daily (which is !sciencedaily , talk about lengthy) It sounds like this is a prime use case for text shortcuts such as those built into OS X or Textexpander etc… Just create a shortcut to transform '!h' to '!hn' or '!sd' to '!sciencedaily'.
- Nadya 11y ago
  Or it's a prime reason to use keywords, a functionality built into modern browsers, such that I only need to type "sd" to search Science Daily. http://www-archive.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/keywords.html http://www-archive.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/keywords.html
  - bhauer 11y ago
    Thank you for singing the praises of bookmark keywords, which are apparently a long-lost and forgotten feature to many people. I love all of mine, and it sounds like you've created a great library of your own. Good thing neither of us have to agree on what keywords to use.
    - Nadya 11y ago
      I blow some people's minds when I tell them about tab groups (ctrl+shift+e) in Firefox. >Good thing neither of us have to agree on what keywords to use. Precisely! :)
      - bhauer 11y ago
        > I blow some people's minds when I tell them about tab groups (ctrl+shift+e) in Firefox. What do they think that icon to the right of the tabs is? Just some bit of abstract art? :)
        Nadya 11y ago
        I have a heavily customized userChrome.css - none of Firefox's Chrome UI is exposed to me. The only UI I see are the few context menu options I left and tab groups (if you can consider that FF UI) It's a lot like Pressing F11 without the issues that arise when using Full Screen browsing.
BuckRogers 11y ago
DDG bangs can be used anywhere in the string. I use them at the end so if I want to try another source I can just update "searchingthis !mq" with "searchingthis !gm". No need to go to the front of the query and update the keyword there. Also, you don't have to configure anything. DDG bangs are intuitive. I find myself searching sites I wouldn't have otherwise.