Feature #151
openURL bar shortcuts for websites and search engines
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Description
This is functionality that I haven't quite seen yet in a mobile browser, but it does exist in desktop browsers (such as Vivaldi). Allow the user to define multiple custom search engines, and provide each with a shortcut so when you search for something, you can type the shortcut followed by the search criteria.
For example, define search engines (or actual search URLs, however necessary) as so:
Google g
Startpage s
Bing b
Duckduckgo ddg
Then type search criteria such as:
"g Portland, Oregon" - searches for "Portland, Oregon" using Google
"ddg search engines" - searches for "search engines" using Duckduckgo
I don't know how easy this would be to implement in a mobile browser, but in Vivaldi, you just give a friendly name, the URL, and a shortcut.
SS Updated by Soren Stoutner over 9 years ago
- Subject changed from Multiple custom search engines with shortcuts to URL bar shortcuts for websites and search engines
This is a good idea. The same interface could also be used for URL shortcuts, so `s` could be defined as a shortcut for `https://www.stoutner.com`.
SS Updated by Soren Stoutner over 9 years ago
- Assignee set to Soren Stoutner
- Priority changed from 2 to 3.x
I'm planning to implement this in the 3.x series.
BT Updated by Brian Toole over 9 years ago
Another piece to this that would be nice would be the ability to long-press on the search field on any website that one might want to add as a custom search option (Google, Amazon, Ebay, etc) and have an option in the long-press menu to add it as a search engine and give it a nickname. This would remove the need for the user to have to know the search string URL when creating a custom search option.
SS Updated by Soren Stoutner over 9 years ago
The problem with that is that the search command usually does not contain the URL that can be used for direct searching. It typically links to a JavaScript command or a POST function. It would be difficult for Privacy Browser to automatically discover the search URL.
BT Updated by Brian Toole over 9 years ago
Hmm, good point - I didn't think about that. That functionality might not be possible, then, but that would be more of just an additional nice-to-have on top of the custom shortcuts, so not a necessity by any means.
AL Updated by ask low almost 3 years ago
If this is coupled with #1153 would then make sense. Caz users expect the shortcuts to also work in tandom to their own engines, which isn't just a single, but rather multiple ones.
SS Updated by Soren Stoutner almost 3 years ago
With this feature, users will be able to create shortcuts for anything they like, including search engines.
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Firefox (PC) and Via Browser (Android) also have this feature.
it's really useful because it allows you to make fast searches in other search engines other than the default one.
i'm trying to switch from Via Browser to this browser, so it would be great to have this.