Pledge: Search Thing

[allen]

This is something I was going to hack together for myself, but figured why not throw on a frontend and share it with friends. It is currently untitled.

Platform: The web
Price: Free

What is it? Just a simple interface for defining search engines with shortcuts - similar to Duck Duck Go !BANGS or browser built in custom search.

Why? Duck Duck Go/Neeva/Etc. offer limited functionality in this regard, defining search engines for me but no way to add my own search tools. Browser custom search engines work great in a given browser, but they are not portable. Enter Search my Search: define my favorite search engines with shortcut (n) and query (https://neeva.com/search?q=%s) pairs, then set this as my default search engine which will always have all my favorite searches ready to go on any browser on any platform. Authentication will be purely email based, don't want to mess with UN/passwords.

[Nod5]

I like customizable short search syntaxes for browsers, the more the merrier. The description has some similarity with Yubnub https://yubnub.org/ , which I had almost forgotten exists.

[mouser]

Allen, great to see you!! 

[allen]

I like customizable short search syntaxes for browsers, the more the merrier. The description has some similarity with Yubnub https://yubnub.org/ , which I had almost forgotten exists.

-Nod5 (December 18, 2021, 01:08 PM)

Yes, similar idea indeex - but I didn't want to share the shortcut name space with the rest of the user base. And I wanted assurance of no tracking.

[allen]

Allen, great to see you!! 

-mouser (December 19, 2021, 12:50 AM)

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