I really appreciate adding the ability to enable custom search engines for searching with the address bar. As someone who just types my searches direct to the address bar, not having the : firefox

[+] HouseWolf@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

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[–] baked_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well not knowing that is expected from someone who is trying to use twitter tags on lemmy

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They actually posted this to Mastodon... I think. Fediverse is weird.

[–] baked_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

Ah if that's the case I'm the joke

[–] mayo 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is in chrome, but implemented differently. Firefox actually does it better since you can save them as bookmarks

[–] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I think it's more intuitive in Chrome, but much more powerful in Firefox. Personally I didn't know that you could do this in Firefox until today

[–] ChallengeApathy@infosec.exchange -1 points 2 years ago

@HouseWolf There's supposedly a way you can do it on Chromium browsers but I still can't seem to figure it out. I don't know if Firefox always had the ability. Either way, this is a much, much easier way to do it haha

[–] Crul@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you use the address bar frequently, you may be interested in JS bookmarklets with params:

Advanced JS bookmarklets with params using Firefox' keywords - lemm.ee

[–] ChallengeApathy@infosec.exchange 1 points 2 years ago

@Crul Thanks for the share!

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago

I'm not using Chrome since 2008 but I think it can be done in every browser

I guess on Firefox is easier to add, by right clicking on the search field while chromium browsers require to add it in the settings?

Or maybe you mean the small search icons on the bottom of the address bar, click those to change the search engine

That feature maybe is unique, or maybe Vivaldi has it?

[–] sculd@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Same. Things feel so much smoother now. I can set default search engine to a more private one while also using Google search easily when I need it.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wait that wasn't a thing yet? That's great tho!

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No it's not new, I think they were just trying to say they like the feature.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Considering how the title came out I wouldn't be surprised if they think it is new.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

Oh, alright. It is nice!

[–] overat8@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

They should remove the words “adding the”. So the sentence would be “I really appreciate Firefox ability to enable custom search”. The way they phrase it sounds like Firefox has recently added the custom search engine function.

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah it could have been phrased better. But, no harm done.

[–] ChallengeApathy@infosec.exchange 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@Boomkop3 Evidently, there was a way to do it but I could never figure out how. Now, you just go to a search engine you want to make as a default, open up the address bar drop-down for that search engine and there should be a button at the bottom of the drop-down menu that has the favicon for that search engine with a plus icon. Then, from there, you just set it as the default in the way you would with the built-in options!

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

Nice! User interface design fixes can be the most impactful sometimes