Mamus@fosstodon.org to Firefox@lemmy.ml · edit-211 months agoshould implement bangs. Most people I know don't know #bangs exist. #wishlistmessage-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareshould implement bangs. Most people I know don't know #bangs exist. #wishlistMamus@fosstodon.org to Firefox@lemmy.ml · edit-211 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretaladarlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 months agoYou can assign a word to use in front of your search to pick a search engine in Firefox and that has worked for years.
minus-squareMamus@fosstodon.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·11 months ago@taladar you mean the @ syntax? Yes, on desktop. And nobody knows it. And it’s cumbersome.
minus-squarelemminglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoKeywords don’t need @. I’m using g for google, d for duckduckgo, mg for google maps etc.
minus-squareDaniel Woodworth@fosstodon.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months ago@mamus @taladar And, as far as I can tell, not in the search box where I actually run searches on desktop. Only in the address box, which I only use for typing addresses on desktop, not searching.
You can assign a word to use in front of your search to pick a search engine in Firefox and that has worked for years.
@taladar you mean the @ syntax? Yes, on desktop. And nobody knows it. And it’s cumbersome.
Keywords don’t need @. I’m using g for google, d for duckduckgo, mg for google maps etc.
@mamus @taladar And, as far as I can tell, not in the search box where I actually run searches on desktop. Only in the address box, which I only use for typing addresses on desktop, not searching.