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Re:WebExtensions FAQ by _yy on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @03:30AM (#10121602)
> Being able to just type in the random things you remember from a url / title (I think it combines them) and have FF narrow down the alternatives, -fast, is something I haven't found in any other mainstream browser.

Chrome has exactly the same feature. You can disable Google Instant, too, but it's actually a really useful feature.

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Re:WebExtensions FAQ by reitanqild on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @03:45AM (#10121655)
Common misconception I guess[0]: Chromes version is not the same. (Unless I am seriously wrong.)

Try to type

   new com <part of title of something you read on hn today>
to test. On FF and PM this just works but on Chrome I still don't think it works.

[0]: which might explain why not everyone is using the better browser :-P

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Re:WebExtensions FAQ by ino on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @04:07AM (#10121719)
That has always worked for me on Chrome. On the other hand, chrome lets me use the websites own search without setting up anything. For example:

you [tab] searches on youtube. news [tab] searches hn. I've never set it up and works with almost every site I've performed a search on.

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Re:WebExtensions FAQ by mcintyre1994 on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @05:51AM (#10121992)
Does "new com webex" work for you in Chrome? It won't offer anything but a Google search for me. On Firefox it'll either offer to switch tab to here if it's still open or it'll find this in history.

I agree Chrome's site search thing is awesome, but how did you teach it to use the new HN one?

EDIT: Chrome settings -> manage search engines. Very impressed with the list of those it's stored automatically. Point stands that it doesn't seem to relearn though when one changes.

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Re:WebExtensions FAQ by ino on Thursday August 27, 2015 @03:07AM (#10127979)
yes it does: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ku9zzet28pzjcc9/Screenshot%202015-...
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Re:WebExtensions FAQ by efdee on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @05:55AM (#10122001)
That works for me on Chrome. The misconception might be on your side ;-)
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Re:WebExtensions FAQ by joshuacc on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @02:41PM (#10125141)
Just tried it in Chrome and it has the exact same behavior as FireFox.
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Re:WebExtensions FAQ by borgbean on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @02:58PM (#10125247)
When I do this in chrome, it opens a new instance of the page. In Firefox, it switches to the tab you're searching for.
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