A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team

Re:A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team by Symmetry on Thursday August 03, 2023 @12:31PM (#36988099)

I tried to switch a few times but I can't replicate my custom search experience on Firefox and I really miss browsing without it. On a new tab

'a product' and I've got an Amazon search for the product.

'w topic' and I've searched Wikipedia for the topic.

'wt place' and I've searched for the weather at a place.

'm place' and I've searched Google maps for the place.

'd topic' and I've searched DuckDuckGo for the topic.

etc.

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Re:A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team by filchermcurr on Thursday August 03, 2023 @12:39PM (#36988204)

Those are search shortcuts in Firefox. Pretty easy to add any that you want: Go to settings, Search, Search Shortcuts. Set the keyword to what you want for the search engine of your choice. Then you can use that directly from the address bar.

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Re:A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team by Symmetry on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:21PM (#36988843)

Yes, adding search shortcuts is easy but IIRC involved more keystrokes and didn't support search suggestions from history. I also tried some extensions but had my own troubles with those.

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